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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We took Big Pun, a 700-lb Spanish guy, one of the greatest rappers ever, and made him a sex symbol. Women would wait on line to kiss him.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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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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The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
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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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For me, the greatest thing a movie can do is rivet you while you're watching but also give you something to chew on for days and weeks after you've seen it.
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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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Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
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I still like to make crank calls.
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When I tour, it's like, well, like a food tour as much as a comedy tour. I try to eat at all the weird places, the obscure barbecue joints, burger places. There are a few spots in L.A. that I'm obsessed with - one of them is the Taco Zone taco truck on Alvarado. There are secret off-menu items that are amazing.
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Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them.
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I think it's the committee's job to name the strongest possible team, and hopefully if everyone's in their top form, they probably made the best decision.
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One of the greatest failures of every generation is that it refuses to read the minutes of the last meeting.
