Randy Alcorn Quotes
Heaven isn't an extrapolation of earthly thinking; Earth is an extension of Heaven, made by the Creator King.
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Many scientists have been drawn to Buddhism out of a sense that the Western tradition has delivered an impoverished conception of basic, human sanity. In the West, if you speak to yourself out loud all day long, you are considered crazy. But speaking to yourself silently - thinking incessantly - is considered perfectly normal.
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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I'm guilty of it myself, sort of thinking, 'Classic novels: snoozeville.' But there is a huge amount of wonderful material.
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I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'
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Many fans were surprised when they learned that the little girl in drama 'Stairway To Heaven' was me.
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Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.
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She was obsessed with French and Swedish cinema. I also remember our mother showing us 'Gone With the Wind' very early on. She absolutely loved Vivien Leigh, so it must have been a formative experience for me, thinking, 'Oh, maybe one day I'll be like Vivien Leigh.'
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When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.
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We've gone too far in thinking we can re-create an American democratic paradise in the Middle East.
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Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.
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I went to the University of Michigan for one year, and fortunately they had a foreign-film cinema, and I discovered it, and I thought I died and went to heaven.
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I think the problem I have with films is that, because there's so much hype around them, they become bigger than they should be, really. There are things that people do every day in their little workshops that they'll take to heaven with them. You've got to realise that it's not everything, making films.
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After dinner I'll catch up with emails. And when I'm lying in bed, I think about the next collection. That makes me sound insane, doesn't it? That I'm getting into bed with David Beckham and thinking about clothes?
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I don't leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself.
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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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I'm not thinking about the next record really yet. I kind of want to do a bunch of stuff with Jonathan Zawada, the guy who did the album art. I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record.
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Sincerity is the norm of Heaven and the law of our nature. China and the West agree on this point, for without sincerity, no human prince could ever found a state, and no earthly teacher could ever establish a religion.
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I don't want to die thinking I've only done one thing in my life.
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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.
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If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing Him, sharing His cares and His burdens, weeping and rejoicing with Him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in His presence? You'd be bored to tears in heaven, if you're not ecstatic about God now!
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Growing up in Singapore, I wasn't allowed to visit China. So when I was finally able to go there after the country began opening up to tourism in the 1990s, I found it to be utterly astounding.
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For, in truth, there is no sure way of holding other than by destroying...
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Forget the audience, make what you want to see
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Heaven isn't an extrapolation of earthly thinking; Earth is an extension of Heaven, made by the Creator King.
