J. M. Roberts Quotes
Jesus wanted the man to have the peace that his heart longed for, but the man could not have it because he was living for himself.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
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If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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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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It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.
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My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.
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Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.
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After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
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I love pop music. I love drum and bass, Calvin Harris, all these electronic things, but it's nice to have something organic as well.
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Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
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I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.
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I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.
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A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that no one should criticize others' positions, no matter how odious.
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There is no post-9/11. Everything from now until the end of time is post-9/11.
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My parents instilled in me a sense of self that I was more than just a diagnosis or a condition.
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I can't be a spokesman for anything other than my own concerns. I have to be free to wrestle with my own preoccupations, and if I'm bringing any political awareness to that process, that mitigates my freedom.
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It's hard to align with money if you think that it is evil and nasty. But once you come to an understanding that money is neutral, it's easy to see that having money does not necessarily deprive somebody else. There's no reason why you can't be very rich and still be an extremely spiritual and wonderfully generous person-aligned to the God Force-with a huge heart, and compassion for everyone you meet.
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Jesus wanted the man to have the peace that his heart longed for, but the man could not have it because he was living for himself.
