Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
Quotes to Explore
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Coaching is the great passion of my life, and the job to me has always been an opportunity to work with our student athletes and help them discover what they want.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
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The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I was bulimic and anorexic for a while, just hating my body. As an actress, I was never thin enough, never pretty enough. My boobs weren't big enough.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Our career had a sort of funny shape.
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love them to this day.
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The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed of major labels. The more people involved, the slower the pace.
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A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches are very personal moments that play themselves out in front of billions of people.
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I grew up in a highly Hispanic neighborhood. It was very rare to find any race other than Mexicans. I feel very comfortable around Spanish speakers and people from Mexico and people who don't always feel comfortable living in the U.S. because they are in fear of being deported.
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To see how many Italians are going out of Italy, the sort of exodus, a great generation leaving my country, I think is the worst nightmare for me as prime minister but also for the country, of course.
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We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
