D. A. Carson Quotes
What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence.
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Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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Everything I do now is a first.
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Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz.
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I can't go on Gawker. I actually think the writing is really funny, but there is a chance that somebody is undercutting me.
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A translation needs to read convincingly. There's no limit to what can go into it in terms of background research, feeling, or your own interests in form and history. But what should come out is something that reads as convincing English-language text.
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We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. To contemplate all things as God sees them, as Christ beholds them, overcomes sin, defies Satan, dissolves perplexities, lifts us above trials, separates us from the world and conquers fear of death.
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When we hear people talk of riches, honors and amusements of the world, let us remember that all things have an end, and let us then say: My God, I wish for You alone and nothing more.
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What the Bible says is what God has disclosed and we want to approach this sacred text with cognitive reverence.
