Erwin W. Lutzer Quotes

We must distinguish between genes that cause physical characteristics, like the color of your eyes or hair, over which you have no control, and what we could call 'behavioral dispositions'. We are responsible for our behavior, no matter what those dispositions are.

Erwin W. Lutzer

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• I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it.

  

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• I don't think the way I portray mother's and son's relationships has anything to do with my age or generation. It has to do with what I lived with my own mother and what it's transformed into and the point of view it has given me on mothers and women. The way I was brought up with women. It's all about personal background.

  

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• I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.

  

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• If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.

  

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• Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.

  

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• I did some good things as a rookie.

  

  Earl Campbell
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• Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.

  

  Victor LaValle
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• When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium.

  

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• Australians were unique due to our corals, our apples, our gum trees and our kangaroos.

  

  Harold Edward Holt
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• I've learned 90 percent of what I know from watching and listening to actors. A good leading actor is the rock of the show. Their energy and their tone really sets the groundwork for how everything is going to work. I've been lucky to deal with stars who are very giving and generous.

  

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• I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.

  

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• Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.

  

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• Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.

  

  Otto Weininger
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• I have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.

  

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• I want to tell President Sarkozy - and through him, all the French people - that they were our support, our light.

  

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• It is of him, ephebe, to make, to confect The final elegance, not to console Nor sanctify, but plainly to propound.

  

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• I was in the airport and there were these big snowboarder guys and they had white masks around their necks, and as soon as they saw me, they put their masks on. So I just went, '*cough, cough, cough* You wanna egg rorr?'

  

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• If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.

  

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• People realized that they could come on Fox News Sunday, and they would be well and fairly treated.

  

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• To be honest, after you've crossed the line at the Olympic Games, it is bedlam for the next, about, five or six hours. Media, press conference, dope control - you might get some food if you're lucky. You might see family if you're lucky.

  

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• Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.

  

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• We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results. We have to slow down a bit, and take the time to contemplate, meditate, and even pray. It is the only route to a more meaningful and efficient existence.

  

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• We must distinguish between genes that cause physical characteristics, like the color of your eyes or hair, over which you have no control, and what we could call 'behavioral dispositions'. We are responsible for our behavior, no matter what those dispositions are.

  

  Erwin W. Lutzer
  • Control
  • Behavior
  • Characteristics