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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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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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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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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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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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
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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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Had I to do it again, I would have been a math major, probably a double major, and did take a lot of math classes, but I would have taken a lot more.
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When I was a teenager, I worked at the Gap for a summer folding shirts. That was pretty mindless and soul-sucking.
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Goals are what count for me. It's not about a battle with defenders. Fighting hard, giving everything and working hard on the field you have to combine with the goals you score. It doesn't matter if defenders want to battle with me or not; I will just be trying to do my job as well as I possibly can.
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All I needed was the courage to be me. That courage took a lifetime to develop.
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We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.
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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.
