Kevin DeYoung Quotes
Sometimes Christians live in a terror of universal obligation: AIDS over here, people to be saved over here, a crushing sense of low-level guilt every day of our lives. Question to ask: Where has God put me right now? I need to say no to a whole bunch of other things because if I don't say no I can't say yes to others.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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After 2012, all of the Washington political consultants and all the mainstream media came to Republicans and said, 'You've got to do better with Hispanics, and the way to do better with Hispanics is to embrace amnesty.' And, look, a lot of Republicans in Washington were scared.
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The very qualities that make it harder for women to get elected - not being part of the old boy's network - gives them the advantage of having fresh, and yes, clean faces.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.
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Nonne emori per virtutem praestat quam vitam miseram atque inhonestam, ubi alienae superbiae ludibrio fueris, per dedecus amittere?
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It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.
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In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing.
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I'm skeptical that [the Republicans] can do [something better with healthcare] mainly because for seven years now, including when we first tried to pass health care, I said to 'em, "Okay, if [Obamacare] doesn't work tell me what does."
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One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff.
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Sometimes Christians live in a terror of universal obligation: AIDS over here, people to be saved over here, a crushing sense of low-level guilt every day of our lives. Question to ask: Where has God put me right now? I need to say no to a whole bunch of other things because if I don't say no I can't say yes to others.
