Jack Chick Quotes
Don't tell God they were only little globs of tissue. They were real live persons, being formed in their mother;s womb.
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You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.
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I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I watch a lot of home stuff; I like seeing things go from one thing to another and get fixed up.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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I think the impulse took shape in early childhood when I was very ill with lymphoma for a number of years. I spent a lot of time in hospitals and sick-rooms, being read to by various relatives, and I learned to associate books with love and attention.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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I'm an ordinary Tasmanian like everybody else, and I have weight issues; I have issues around finding the time to do the exercise and things, but in my role as Health Minister, and in my role as myself as well, I have to look after my own health.
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If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there are people who aren't in a position to take them to the next level. If you don't enforce your rights, no one is going to enforce them for you.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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I bartended for a catering company for two or three years.
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Get thee glass eyes, and like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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Democracies should be a delirium of choices - more options, not fewer; more avenues to travel, not fewer.
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We are the source of our problems not mysterious sinister foreigners overseas.
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The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward.
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Don't tell God they were only little globs of tissue. They were real live persons, being formed in their mother;s womb.
