Lionel Richie Quotes
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
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I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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The worship of youth has diminished - perhaps generally - in recent years.
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Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
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Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
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The family uses people, not for what they are, nor for what they are intended to be, but for what it wants them for - its own uses. It thinks of them not as what God has made them, but as the something which it has arranged that they shall be.
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I'm an in-control person.
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My desire is to preserve the sense of people’s lives, to endow them with the strength and beauty I see in them. I want the people in my pictures to stare back.
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Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.
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I've never been adamant about joining Twitter; I have nothing against it; I'm not one of those people who hates Twitter. I think it's great for what it is, but right now - I don't know. I just like to keep the mystery.
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I need you, and with your love I'm free And truly, you know you're alright with me.
