Ted Dekker Quotes
Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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Snobbery just inhibits you.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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The crew loves working on the show, even though we have to work really hard. There's nobody in the show that's difficult. We really have a great group.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.
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Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.
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You can't manufacture a career as an actor because you aren't in control of what projects come to you, unless you are No. 1, two, three or four in the world.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.
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Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
