Katie Davis Quotes
But I am living in the midst of the uncertainty and risk, amid things that can and do bring physical destruction, because I am running from things that can destroy my soul: complacency, comfort, and ignorance. I am much more terrified of living a comfortable life in a self-serving society and failing to follow Jesus than I am of any illness or tragedy.
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I aspire only to silence.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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Time stays, we go.
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As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be one of the good teachers - I want to have that kind of impact.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.
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There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
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I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.
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Anytime there was an award show, it was a ritual where me and my mom would sit around and watch with my friends. We would make desserts and buy chips and popcorn and see what our favorite performances of the night were.
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I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.
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As I approach my 90th birthday, my friends are asking how it feels like, to have completed 90 orbits around the Sun. Well, I actually don't feel a day older than 89!
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When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.
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I just do what I do. It's not something that should be revered as something that's great.
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We live in a world defined by the rapid pace of technological change.
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I hate wasting time.
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I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
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'You Are So Beautiful,' I think, is probably the, you know, the strongest tune I ever did in just the simplicity in it.
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We said we'd never tour ... and we'll never do a tour, I don't think - or if we do it won't be longer than about two weeks.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them back.
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Another of the qualities of science is that it teaches the value of rational thought, as well as the importance of freedom of thought; the positive results that come from doubting that all the lessons are true... Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.
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Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners to it. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared.
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But I am living in the midst of the uncertainty and risk, amid things that can and do bring physical destruction, because I am running from things that can destroy my soul: complacency, comfort, and ignorance. I am much more terrified of living a comfortable life in a self-serving society and failing to follow Jesus than I am of any illness or tragedy.
