Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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The Republicans are coming - make nice.
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New York is such a diverse place in and of itself, it would be ridiculous to see it otherwise.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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I am not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.
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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
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Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
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You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.
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In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive.
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We have got to end the Democratic Party. Its history is so interwoven with starting, keeping, trying to push slavery on beyond anything that it should have been through.
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The factory model of education is a gargantuan bureaucracy. Some kids are good fits - I wasn't. The system gives you bad grades and tells you you're stupid. You don't think, 'If this kid's not a good fit, it could be the system's fault.'
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There is no greater responsibility resting upon peoples and governments everywhere than to make sure that enduring peace will this time - at long last - be established and maintained.
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With five chances on each hand and one unwavering aim, no boy, however poor, need despair. There is bread and success for every youth under the American flag who has energy and ability to seize his opportunity.
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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love.
