Lewis B. Smedes Quotes
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.
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One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.
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Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that's their gift.
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Joke exchanges are carried on in deadly earnest, like a verbal duel-mouth-to-mouth combat. Bang, bang: you’re (linguistically) dead.
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The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.
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In this 21st century world, some of our country's most significant exports and imports extend beyond goods and services: They also include innovation, knowledge, discovery, and healing.
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In 2010, we have to focus on electing a new Congress and in 2012 we have to focus on electing a new president.
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It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.
