David A. Noebel Quotes
One of the greatest failures of every generation is that it refuses to read the minutes of the last meeting.
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For nearly a century and a half, this country deluded itself into thinking that its greatest calamity, the Civil War, had nothing to do with one of its greatest sins, enslavement. It deluded itself in this manner despite available evidence to the contrary.
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It may sound funny, but it's true: I tried to put myself through the 12-step program. I didn't want to attend a real meeting; my role didn't really require that, and I feel those meetings are sort of sacred, and they're anonymous for a reason. I tried to deal with some of my love of snacks - and I relapsed a lot.
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Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.
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I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States!
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I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
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Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.
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If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included.
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When I was 16 or 17 I heard the Count Basie band with Jo Jones and Lester Young and Herschel Evans and I couldn't believe it. They were the greatest swing band. I really fell in love with that sound. Everybody danced!
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I started doing flats because women would always apologize for wearing them when they met me, as if they had to be in heels when meeting a shoe designer.
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Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.
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It's a shame because we experienced probably the greatest thing - in art, in pop - we'll ever do. And it would be good to sit around and talk about it.
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I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
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I learned how to sing in front of a lot of people and to hone my skills alongside some of the greatest performers of all time.
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When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off to the cinema to watch an Esther Williams festival - my greatest wish if I get to Hollywood is to meet her.
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Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
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The greatest comedies that were made by anybody were made in two reels; I don't care who it was.
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The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.
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Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.
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We want to make sure every member of the board of governors is aware of the importance of the decisions that are going to be taken at the extraordinary meeting.
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The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth.
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Some people are great, and they approach each work with honesty, and that's wonderful. But when people have built up a sort of resentment or animosity for reasons that are hard to put your finger on, they read in bad faith.
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A spirit is not necessarily purer, because it is disembodied.
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One of the greatest failures of every generation is that it refuses to read the minutes of the last meeting.
