D. A. Carson Quotes
Sin defies God, utterly corrupts each individual, corrodes all social relationships, and issues in death.D. A. Carson
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Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere.
Malala Yousafzai -
If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
Barbara Walters -
Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
Warren Farrell -
In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
Fanny Kemble -
I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
Natalie Portman -
You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
Laura Benanti -
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
Ted Danson -
I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
Patrick Wilson -
Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
Hafez -
Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that reality, and thank God.
Finn Jones -
I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.
Aaron Paul
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
Iain Banks -
The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
T. D. Jakes -
I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressure.' So I went up to Melissa and said, 'It's such an honor playing your daughter,' and she smiled and said, 'Oh, shut up.' I thought, 'Great, a normal person.'
Kara Lindsay -
I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
Taraji P. Henson -
What I think is sad about the rom-com genre is that it has adopted this pejorative title. I think the reason why there haven't been as many great ones is because we are fighting against the genre itself. If it is a romantic comedy then snuggle up to the fact that it can be a really earnest, refreshing feeling to feel good after a movie.
Lake Bell -
I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.
Karl Urban
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I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
Barbara Corcoran -
People can be so neglectful of each other and of their own heritage - then death intrudes. Conversations we wish that we'd had earlier are had too late.
Walter Kirn -
People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'
Zach Anner -
Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation.
Emil Cioran -
There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice.
Plutarch -
Sin defies God, utterly corrupts each individual, corrodes all social relationships, and issues in death.
D. A. Carson