J. M. Roberts Quotes
We're not teaching the Bible to the point that is getting it into people's hearts. A lot of churches stop after presenting biblical principles.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.
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The Spanish and the American audiences are lunatics. They are very passionate and, like the Irish, they don't have as many inhibitions. If you are playing somewhere like Austria or Sweden, it takes them a little while to come out of themselves.
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Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.
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Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy. So state governments need to be proactive. Indians need to be made aware of the power of an Olympic medal. It should be treated at par with an Oscars or a Nobel Prize.
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I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
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To be joining 'The Hunger Games' family is such a thrill. It deserves the hype because it's well written, handles really big subject matter, but doesn't talk down to its audience. And then there's the romance element.
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Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.
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I'm only at the beginning of my career, but I feel successful in that I haven't sold out in any way, shape or form. I feel good about the choices I've made, and I don't feel like I've let go of any of my values.
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With men, we blame the victim. We blame men because we have camouflaged men’s victimization by teaching men to also be the victimizer. Men’s victimizer status camouflages men’s victim status.
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The Bible … does not contain a single sentence that could not have been written by a man or woman living in the first century.
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You don't have to wait-you can have it in 5.004_54 or so.
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Every day, somebody has a song they want you to hear, and you're stupid if you don't listen to it because you never know what you may find.
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I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through with the important people in our lives can become fertile ground for the growth of enduring trust - trust that is actually stronger because it's been tested and proved through challenge.
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I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life in profound ways. I am inspired when I read it.
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It is such a teaching in itself for us, all of us, every moment when we're with anyone.
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We're not teaching the Bible to the point that is getting it into people's hearts. A lot of churches stop after presenting biblical principles.
