Lewis B. Smedes Quotes
Any lazy or biased fool can have opinions; making judgments is the hard work of responsible and compassionate people.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows everyone how writing a book is done in just the three secret editing levels I discovered!
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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I'm such a carnivorous researcher as an actor - I chew it up like it's meat, and I really don't know how to do that without the people that are producing or creating or writing that which they want me to chew up.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
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Kmart uses such mass production that they are able to lower their prices. My hose, for instance, is made by the same factory, the same machines, the same threads as the hose made by four top designers.
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Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.
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I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place.
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I'd just love to see a great love story, and nobody makes them anymore. You have great actresses like Cate Blanchett - she's fabulous in Pushing Tin and Elizabeth - and you don't use them.
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When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.
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Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible.
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Earlier, my priority was only work. I worked like a dog before I got married. After marriage, once you have a baby, time management is difficult. Your responsibilities change, your priorities change. And you have to concentrate on them if you have to work out your life. Your career is just a part of your life. For me, my family is my life.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Any lazy or biased fool can have opinions; making judgments is the hard work of responsible and compassionate people.
