Leland Ryken Quotes
For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.
Quotes to Explore
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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.
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If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.
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Arthur Conan Doyle was entranced by the notion of a brilliant detective who can deduce everything a stranger has been up to from the merest clue, and yet can't have a trusting relationship with his closest friend.
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The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.
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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
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It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.
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I think that most people who hire me to do a remix just want it to work in a nightclub, whereas when I'm writing my own album, I don't have to worry so much about 2 A.M.
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I'm so lucky, I've been so successful, so much has come my way. I want to give back.
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A timely and incisive look into the history, politics, and future of the Muslim Brotherhood by the foremost expert on Islamism in Egypt. Carrie Rosefsky Wickham has constructed a detailed account of how the Brotherhood confronts the challenges before it, and why and when it embraces change. Everyone concerned with the future of Egypt should read this book.
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One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds lots of people up, particularly because famous Christians pronounce on the life of the poor from their very lovely affluent homes filled with their very lovely families and attractive pets.
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Great salespeople are relationship builders who provide value and help their customers win.
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God will help us become the people we are meant to be, if only we will ask Him...
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For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life.
