John C. Maxwell Quotes
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I'm doing my best to mindfully raise my son to feel safe and encouraged to express himself.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
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I'm one of those pesky Brits.
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God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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I've been on sets my whole life.
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It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules.
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When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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We have met the enemy and he is us.
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This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.
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I don't know if a government bailout will rescue America's auto industry, but I do know that if there is a bailout, it better come with a big, bright stop sign and lots of strings attached.
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'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'
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I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day.
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I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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I'm a go-hard type. It's in my DNA. I physically prepare my body as if I'm a trained athlete. After the shows, I sit in an ice tub and do a hot dip, cold dip, and sometimes I sit in a hyperbaric chamber to rejuvenate my energy.
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Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.
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Leadership is influence.
