Austin Farrer Quotes
One of the silliest of all discussions is the question whether God is personal-it would be more useful to inquire whether ice is frozen.
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If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
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Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.
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I finished 'The Hunger Games' trilogy, and I love most anything with zombies.
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I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.
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Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
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I'm not sure we're presenting ourselves as real role models. I don't think literature has ever been a real place for role models.
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I am a tremendous 'Star Wars' fan; I know the story means an enormous love to me. I love the characters.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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The body was born and it will die. But for the soul there is no death. It is like the betel-nut. When the nut is ripe it does not stick to the shell. But when it is green it is difficult to separate it from the shell. After realizing God, one does not identify oneself any more with the body. Then one knows that body and soul are two different things.
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Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
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One of the silliest of all discussions is the question whether God is personal-it would be more useful to inquire whether ice is frozen.
