Ted Dekker Quotes

My journey is so similar to everyone else's journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and we all find redemption in the light of Christ.

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• The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Live
  • Society
  • Reflection

• I was an English major in college!

  

  Maggie Siff
  • College
  • English
  • Major

• If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • Great
  • Country

• I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Love
  • Speak
  • Excited

• The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end the show on: it was a sort of 'It's a Wonderful Life' with Larry as the Jimmy Stewart character. In that episode, I was an ineffectual-schlep kind of brother, who got divorced three or four times and was a Las Vegas reject.

  

  Patrick Duffy
  • Life
  • Character
  • Brother

• There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.

  

  Jack Youngblood
  • Times
  • Penalty
  • Those

• I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Parents
  • Kind
  • Appreciate

• Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Think

• I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Good
  • Long
  • Women

• Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Career
  • Wish

• I'm such a perfectionist.

  

  Candice Glover
  • Perfectionist

• I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • History
  • Learning
  • Best

• There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

  

  Ian Hislop
  • You
  • Television
  • News

• I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • World
  • Pleasure
  • Everyone

• I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.

  

  Ed Helms
  • Kind
  • Pleasant
  • Embarrassed

• I'm worried a lot of our work day as artists is a producer's creation - not an artist's creation.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Work
  • Day
  • Artist

• It's never crowded along the extra mile.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Never
  • Crowded
  • Mile

• Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Fact
  • Grandchildren
  • Slaves

• It's none of our business, the sexual preference of people. So, I hope if someone's thinking about it, that if they do come out as gay and are a professional football player, and it makes them happy, and it makes their life easier, then I think they should do it.

  

  Andrew Luck
  • People
  • Life
  • Thinking

• I buy most of my clothes online, I just sit around and look at websites and say 'oh that looks cute' - and then I just buy it and hopefully it fits because buying stuff online is always sort of risky.

  

  Bethany Cosentino
  • Buying
  • Online
  • Risky

• I do really silly dancing. I love dancing, but I'm not cool when I dance. It's not about my moves, it's not about how cool I am, it's not about how slick I look on the dance floor, it's about having a great time.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • Time
  • Cool
  • Dance

• The fundamental truth guiding social justice comedy is that people are not shitty. That sounds cheesy, but that's how I have to approach it. Everybody has the capacity for change.

  

  Negin Farsad
  • Change
  • Comedy
  • Capacity

• My journey is so similar to everyone else's journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and we all find redemption in the light of Christ.

  

  Ted Dekker
  • Light
  • Journey
  • Darkness