D. A. Carson Quotes
We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.D. A. Carson
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I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.
Barton Gellman -
Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
Zelda Fitzgerald -
I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
Karan Mahajan -
When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend.
Becky Lynch -
I'm a bad liar; I don't know what to say backstage.
Uta Hagen -
My number one thing is to recycle everything from newspaper to aluminum cans, and I even use a canvas bag instead of the plastic ones when I go to the grocery store.
Maiara Walsh
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
Cara Delevingne -
Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
Lana Turner -
One of the best essays I've seen in recent years was by a young woman who wrote about how being chosen to choreograph a high school musical forced her to assume a leadership role she wasn't sure she was ready for - but of course she was.
Kate Klise -
If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
Walter F. Mondale -
Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
Pamela Meyer -
Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
Zadie Smith
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
Victoria Pratt -
The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
Karin Slaughter -
Sometimes there are some matchups and man-to-mans that you like to match up on.
Dan Quinn -
Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.
Jack Ma -
What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
T. C. Boyle -
Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I meet today, to strike a balance between my personal life and my career.
Gail Sheehy
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I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. After that he became less and less, until he was... nothingness.
Frances Farmer -
Lyrically speaking, I know that there were a lot of things going on in and around the world and there were some very specific people in my mind coming dangerously close to having megolomaniacal tendancies and so I did my best to write those thoughts down.'
Brandon Boyd Incubus -
I know there is a hope in religion; I know there is faith and I know there is prayer about religion and necessary to it, but God is most glorified when there is peace on earth and good will towards men
Frederick Douglass -
The American People will come first once again. My plan will begin with safety at home - which means safe neighborhoods, secure borders, and protection from terrorism. There can be no prosperity without law and order.
Donald Trump -
The funniest thing in the world to me is the idea of a white guy in his thirties going, 'Wait - I'm going to go into hip-hop.'
Elvis Mitchell -
We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.
D. A. Carson