Brian Houston Quotes
Living fully, loving completely, leading boldly—these are the hallmarks of Jesus’ time on earth.
Quotes to Explore
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?
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And our dreams are who we are.
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It's a special place, and I believe in the prominence of America, and having America be and continue to be an exceptional place, and making no apologies for America being a superpower.
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As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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Food-wise, oh man, I tend to really indulge on vacation because a lot of my friends are incredible chefs. One friend makes an eggplant parmesan that is heavenly and melts in your mouth, and another makes a chocolate pudding that I can't resist.
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I find short, fast romances romantic. There's a beauty to dark imagery.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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You are never really prepared for criticism.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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I don't believe in murder.
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Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.
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Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.
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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
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It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.
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But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship.
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If you don't have religious fallibilism, you have immense problems.
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Now God killed John Lennon and he let Barry Manilow survive,But the good Lord blessed little Adrian Mitchell with the fastest cock alive.
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I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it.
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Living fully, loving completely, leading boldly—these are the hallmarks of Jesus’ time on earth.
