Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it!
Quotes to Explore
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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So, I'm on 'Sesame Street,' walking around with all these monsters, Elmo and his buddies, a whole bunch of chickens, a whole bunch of penguins and a number four dancing about. It was just pure joy, simple, ridiculous fun, stupid joy. There's no irony. 'Sesame Street' is just a crazy great place to be.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.
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I'm a passionate person, to a fault at times.
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When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists... I always have this thought: If we'd made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn't be wanted now.
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I understand the common man because I understand me in that regard at least.
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I'm antisocial - there's no question about it.
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I believe as musicians and artists we have an obligation to our souls. What that is? Only each one of us knows. I can speak for myself and say my obligation is to be happy. When I'm happy, I make great music. When I'm unhappy and my heart is broken, I may make brokenhearted music, but it still sounds good.
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I call on the people of Tripoli to restrain themselves and not get drawn into conflict with anyone.
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Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.
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When I got out of high school, I was working in restaurants in New York City, when I heard Bill Anderson from The Neighborhood Playhouse was doing private lessons. I started taking classes, and it was a lot of improv and Meisner and repetition.
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I'm a big supporter of immigration.
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There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable.
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For example, I noticed that every single kid in the high school in 'The Death-Ray' is based on somebody I went to high school with.
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It's easy to get four days a week of training in and I don't spend more than 55-60 minutes in the gym.
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You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to surmise that war has a perverse appeal for the human race, nor is the attraction limited to religious fanatics committing mass murder and suicide for the greater glory of God.
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There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.
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The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.
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I am a preacher. I'm involved in many other things, but, mainly, I preach. And I love it!
