George Barna Quotes
It is not a church’s job to spiritually develop your children. Scripturally, it is the job of the parents. The church body is supposed to support parents in raising children, not replace them.
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I've directed independent film.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks.
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A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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I had to accept the fact that sometimes things happen that are out of our hands.
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I certainly had no intention of playing a man.
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I get no satisfaction just showing myself in every corner of the world every week.
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I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
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Ensuring that we help prepare all kids for life, college, and work in our knowledge-based economy will require a collaborative, sustained effort from all stakeholders - from the president and the secretary of education on down to states, school districts, principals, teachers, parents, and community members.
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I would suggest that just as women who make it in the world of business need male business mentors, perhaps men who make it in the world of emotions will need female emotional mentors.
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I used to think the secret to a happy ending was to bring down the curtain at the exact right time. A moment after happiness, then everything's all wrong, again.
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Judy Garland, Doris Day, and Gene Kelly were all big influences growing up from all of the films. I'm also a huge folk music fan - Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan have influenced a lot of how music can inspire change in our world.
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I can't see as well as I used to. Which is actually convenient because everything I see is in extremely soft focus! I think that's God's little gift to me.
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I don't go to scary movies because they scare me. But I can be in them because I know whether I'm living or dying.
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We try not to think that our listeners are one-track-minded people with the music they listen to.
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It's hard to think of a single human function that technology hasn't somehow altered, apart perhaps from burping. That's pretty much all we have left.
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Boxing is not for killing.
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We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and yet, we as adults struggle to talk to kids honestly about sex, the rules of dignity and consent.
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It is not a church’s job to spiritually develop your children. Scripturally, it is the job of the parents. The church body is supposed to support parents in raising children, not replace them.
