Charles R. Swindoll Quotes
We want a crowd to make us feel important and liked. But why is getting a crowd our focus? Jesus never suggested that crowds were the goal. He never addresses getting your church to grow. Never.
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
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I try to get in some extra carbohydrates and protein the night before and during my pre-match meal. I also eat about 200 calories right after to help rebuild my muscles.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.
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I certainly believe that all of my friends should have the right, as Marc and I did, to marry their best friend. I certainly expect my straight friends to help us achieve that for all New Yorkers, for all Americans, and for the children that, at least, Marc and I hope to have someday.
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Being halfway through my life, I think we start feeling less invincible and we start thinking more about the important things.
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Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the problem is and, more importantly, what Congress can do to fix it.
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We want a crowd to make us feel important and liked. But why is getting a crowd our focus? Jesus never suggested that crowds were the goal. He never addresses getting your church to grow. Never.
