Randy Alcorn Quotes
If we were to gain God's perspective, even for a moment, and were to look at the way we go through life accumulating and hoarding and displaying our things, we would have the same feelings of horror and pity that any sane person has when he views people in an asylum endlessly beating their heads against the wall.
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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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Evolution happens in nature and in individuals. I want to participate actively in its happening within me.
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It's really important to me that the public have confidence in their criminal justice system. We don't operate very well if the public doesn't trust us.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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Education is so important.
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I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.
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For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
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But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
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We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other.
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I've always lived a life where people have said, 'Look at him. Who does he think he is?' And who I think I am is someone living life to the brim.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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I'm doing exactly what I should be doing, every day on the road.
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'Islamism' itself is such a broad and nearly meaningless word as used by the mainstream Western press, including everything from Turkey's AKP party to al Qaeda.
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Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
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We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste.
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The formation of scales and of the web of harmony is a product of artistic invention, and is in no way given by the natural structure or by the natural behaviour of our hearing, as used to be generally maintained hitherto.
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Live in the moment and be present in all that you do. Don't worry yourself with what happened yesterday or what's going to happen tomorrow. Stay focused with what's in front of you.
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The deeper your regional integration, the more value chain activity you generate, but the more you close the gap between your small and your large companies.
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A society based on Christian principles provides for pluralism, but with enough restrictions to prevent civilization from degenerating into chaos.
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If we were to gain God's perspective, even for a moment, and were to look at the way we go through life accumulating and hoarding and displaying our things, we would have the same feelings of horror and pity that any sane person has when he views people in an asylum endlessly beating their heads against the wall.
