Kevin DeYoung Quotes
One of the central motivations for holiness in the New Testament is to be who you are, to understand your identity and your union in Christ and to live that way.
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The American dream is about freedom.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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There's nobody that's ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I believed what he said. Like if I said, 'What do I do?' he'd tell me. And that's what I missed when I left. I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust.
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Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer, really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible.
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I will say that rowing in the first Olympics was probably one of the most proud moments in my life. What I enjoy about the sport is that it's definitive. Nobody can take away from the fact that you're an Olympian. It's indisputable. You get there on merit and merit alone.
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record.
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As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
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It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.
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Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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Women need to be able to speak out if they are uncomfortable or something happened in the past that they were not comfortable with.
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To me, the essence of keeping the soul nourished is obedience to one's conscience. I don't think that the soul can be nourished unless people have a strong sense of conscience that they have educated and developed and soaked in the universal and timeless principles of integrity and service. This way, the individual's soul becomes part of the universal soul of service, contribution, and making a difference.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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One of the central motivations for holiness in the New Testament is to be who you are, to understand your identity and your union in Christ and to live that way.
