Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
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Usually when you're working is when people want you to work. They don't want you as much when you're not working. That's the frustrating nature of our business.
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When people read a novel 600 pages long, six months pass, and all they will remember are five pages. They don't remember the text - instead, they remember the sensations the text gives them.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
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Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior.
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We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.
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My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.
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We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.
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What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.
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I think there's a perception out there that people know me based on these glamorous photos they see of me in magazines, but I have about two hours of hair and makeup and then people to dress me, to make me look even better, in those pictures.
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But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death.
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I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different.
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People only look at you and say, 'You are black and you are from the banlieue,' and all the doors are closed. I had the desire to be something else. If I see a door that is a little open, I will find a way to get through.
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We never thought it would be something everyone would listen to. We never thought people who listen to Britney Spears would run to listen to it. It was intended for people on the fanatical side of production and hi-fi.
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At some point in my life, before I was gone, I wanted to make an album, even if it was for no reason other than posterity.
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A dictionary is a reference book that lists the words of one or more languages, usually in alphabetical order, along with information about their spelling, pronunciation, grammatical status, meaning, history, and use.
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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
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Do you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time.
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Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.
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And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
