D. A. Carson Quotes
God has disclosed of himself in human words with such magnificent self accommodation to our limitations. Precisely so that we may be his holy people and reverence everything that he says, cherish it, value it, and thus live it out.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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I think, especially living in L.A., it's very easy to get wrapped up in weekend announcements and the trades and the whole social life of the city, and to get divorced from what actually matters.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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I know what poverty is.
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I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.
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In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from Egypt, for example.
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It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
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Some lessons are painful, some are painless.. but, all are priceless.
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I think it's healthy to say, 'I'm 58 and, do you know what, this is what a 58-year-old woman looks like.'
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I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself.
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A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?
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You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.
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God has disclosed of himself in human words with such magnificent self accommodation to our limitations. Precisely so that we may be his holy people and reverence everything that he says, cherish it, value it, and thus live it out.
