Lewis B. Smedes Quotes
Our society is pluralistic. We who accept the privilege of membership in that society agree to respect the people's right to live by their own religious precepts.
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It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
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A dream acting role would be Matt Damon in the Bourne series. I would love to do something like that!
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I've always been excited by rotoscoping, the technique used in films like 'Waking Life,' which fuses animation with real-life emotion. It seemed like it was a process ripe for innovation.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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I have made 'start, grow and stay' a big part of my administration.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.
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Science has improved public health, taken us to the moon, and allowed us to understand the origins of our universe. It also has given us the tools to solve problems now instead of reacting to them after it is too late.
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I'm wondering how many more mistakes I'll have to make before things finally fall into place. If they ever will.
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In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits. Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. Thus, the first law I will obey, which precedeth all others is - I will form good habits and become their slave.
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The people with whom I've worked in the Special Operations community are more concerned with an individual's contribution to the team, and their ability to do their job exceptionally well, than their race or sexual preferences.
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Our society is pluralistic. We who accept the privilege of membership in that society agree to respect the people's right to live by their own religious precepts.
