Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
Didn't he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder? For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue.
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Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than they originally thought.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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When a relationship with a director is really working, you have the same idea at the same time. You go, 'Look, this isn't working,' and they'll go, 'I know it's not working. What are we gonna do?' And you go and try something else.
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Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.
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When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It was supposed to be about everyone preparing to embark on the cruise, but it mushroomed into an entire book.
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I sold a bunch of stuff. I sold Omaha Steaks, vacation packages... the worst, though, was Time Life Books, because no one wants Time Life Books. No one wants an 'Encyclopedia Brittanica' showing up at their house.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.
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Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.
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In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to find out, who I am, It's something I think I'll be doing for the rest of my life.
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When the weather is really hot, I tend to live in denim cut-offs.
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When you meet a man or woman who puts Jesus Christ first, knit that one to your soul.
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If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.
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Didn't he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder? For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue.
