Adrian Rogers Quotes
The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
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People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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You can't change the market; the market just is.
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
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You do have to overcome the child's thinking that this new woman, who is not their mother, is going to be in their lives.
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I hate celebrities.
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I'm a genuine person - I will never promote something I don't believe in.
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The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.
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Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie!
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
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I would say I'm blessed genetically, but I also don't restrict myself from any types of food.
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I was never bored because I always had a book. So I had a doorway into another world or another universe. It was great.
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Empathy is forgetting oneself in the joys and sorrows of another, so much so that you actually feel that the joy or sorrow experienced by another is your own joy and sorrow. Empathy involves complete identification with another.
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The worst prohibition, it must be said, is a prohibition on thinking - and that, sadly, is what the U.S. government is guilty of today.
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The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
