Denis Parsons Burkitt Quotes
It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and ponder a little.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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The great apologist has to have lived large and wild. If he's going to kiss the world's boo-boos and make up, he'd better plant some bruises first. A master apologizer has to be a Lord Byron, a Rick in Casablanca, a Lee Atwater, anyway.
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In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
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The less I talk about being black, the better.
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Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.
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I think what Trump will be judged on by the folks that voted for him... is whether things start to get a little bit better over the next few years. And ultimately, that doesn't depend on whether Jeff Sessions is the attorney general.
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I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
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Whenever possible, I use local, fresh ingredients, just because it tastes and feels better to eat an egg or a tomato or a hamburger that wasn't flown halfway around the world, that didn't travel on a truck and get stuck in traffic jams, that hasn't been sitting in a supermarket's refrigerator case for days.
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I'm very laid back, easy. There's nothing better in life than seeing your kids do well.
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I would read all day if I could.
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Spirituality is a growth industry. And nothing illustrates that better than the burgeoning crop of colossal sanctuaries sprouting up in suburbs across the land.
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Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.
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You can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.
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Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.
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What we do at its very, very best, at its very, very most, will shift us slightly in our seat. If only for two hours, great. If for the rest of our lives, even better.
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I read French much better than I speak.
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Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.
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If you do write down your passwords, don't make it obvious which password corresponds to which account. Even better, write the passwords incorrectly and make up an easy rule for fixing them. You could decide to add 1 to each number in your password, so that 2x6Y is written as 3x7Y.
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The money footballers earn today is incredulous.
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The real essence of work is concentrated energy.
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Visionary people are visionary partly because of the very great many things they don't see.
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I believe a calm dog is a happy, obedient dog that won't get into trouble.
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It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and ponder a little.
