Lewis B. Smedes Quotes
Nobody sees reality whole; we all need others to show us the parts of it that they see better than we do. Nobody sees reality with total accuracy; we all need others to correct our own vision.
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I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
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I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' – actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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I don't think the woman in French 'Vogue' was an object. She was always a real woman.
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Travel is so important in its capacity to expand the mind. It's exciting to start as young as possible - you get to see how other cultures live, challenge your senses, and try different cuisines.
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If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as a true expression of the Negro's protest.
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My private life stays private.
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I wish I studied more religions, I wish I read the Bible, the Quran. I think as I get older, I will start to really dive into religions, just because I feel like there's truths in all of those books. Clearly. I'm saying there's truths in all of them.
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A lot of these reality-TV shows people go on, they come off, and nothing happens. You never hear from them again. Fifteen seconds of fame is not the name of the game. No matter how big you break, or how many people you break in front of, you still have to slowly build a fan base to have anything loyal and lasting from people.
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What I'd say about that is that we must respect homosexuals in the church. I've got many homosexual friends, the issue is not in any way a homophobic reaction on my part.
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My own parents loved each other very much.
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Nobody sees reality whole; we all need others to show us the parts of it that they see better than we do. Nobody sees reality with total accuracy; we all need others to correct our own vision.
