Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
Quotes to Explore
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.
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People's lives change dramatically over such a long time period, and I think that if you're still vital, and you're still interested in writing and things like that, of course your music evolves and reflects where you are in your life.
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I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
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The impossible is more believable than the highly improbable.
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For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.
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One can assume the lifestyle of the Palestinians will change even though this is not the aim of the government.
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We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital.
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Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.
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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
