Lewis B. Smedes Quotes
Jesus said that we should render to the state what properly belongs to the state, and though he had taxes in mind, we might reasonably infer that giving the state the job of punishing wrongdoers is one way of giving the state its due.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.
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The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.
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Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I did have one bad accident up north near Deerhurst. I was driving back in the winter on these snowy roads, and these two snowmobilers were racing up a hill and they weren't looking, so they caught me as I was going up the other side of the hill, and they smashed into me.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.
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Psychologists have set about describing the true nature of women with a certainty and a sense of their own infallibility rarely found in the secular world.
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We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.
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I paint. I still do it every day. I never neglected it. It's a gift. It's almost like religion for me. It's the quickest way for me to become still.
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Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.
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I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.
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No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas bills. I joined the Territorial Army, which paid me when I turned up to drill nights, and so did my wife.
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Jesus Christ founded His Kingdom on the weakest link of all-a Baby.
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Jesus said that we should render to the state what properly belongs to the state, and though he had taxes in mind, we might reasonably infer that giving the state the job of punishing wrongdoers is one way of giving the state its due.
