Bruce D. Porter Quotes
Trials may come - and we may not understand everything that happens to us or around us. But if we humbly, quietly trust in the Lord, He will give us guidance and strength in every challenge we face. When our only desire is to please Him, we will be blessed with a deep inner peace.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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I was initially a leading man, but only on television.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.
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Proust is a huge author for me.
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The U.S. has a proud history of cleaning up our air through technological innovation. We did it with leaded gas, acid rain and countless other pollutants, and we can do it with carbon pollution, too.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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Innovation, being avant garde, is always polemic.
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We see an entire planet which has many limitations.
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But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself.
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There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.
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I looked up at several pockmarks in the nearest wall; if they weren’t bullet holes, the place had damned big hailstones.
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Revenge is for dreams...never for reality.
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When we realize that we can see life we gradually give up the things that stand in the way of our complete awareness. As we paint we move along step by step. We realize that we are guided in our work by awareness of life.
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The reason I can give wonder is that I feel wonder about the world: the stars, a tree, my body - everything.
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Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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Listening and being curious and wide-eyed in the world, I think, is what allows us to move forward, progress, evolve and learn and alter our behavior and become more self-aware. I think that listening is kind of what it's all about.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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Many people have told me that my books read like novels. Perhaps this is because, when I write, I feel I am really there, so strong is my feeling for my subject. On occasion, I have been so moved by the events I have been describing that I have felt like crying.
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Trials may come - and we may not understand everything that happens to us or around us. But if we humbly, quietly trust in the Lord, He will give us guidance and strength in every challenge we face. When our only desire is to please Him, we will be blessed with a deep inner peace.
