Michael W. Smith Quotes
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We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers.
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Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
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The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
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Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.
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Great scientific contributions have been techniques.
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I came face-to-face with a gorilla which was quite good, but it was a 10-hour trek in bad weather, up hills, covered in mud, with mosquitoes everywhere and when we got there the gorilla's just sat there doing nowt.
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Even in the tough times, He's still a good God.
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You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people.
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People expect you to be doing something cool all the time. In a normal life, that's not happening!
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My wife will automatically quote and compare the price of diesel at every petrol station we drive by, like she's got oil-based Tourette's.
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My 20s were spent in a room, alone, mixing paints and figuring it all out.
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When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.
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It's only because I feel like such a philistine spending all that time in hair and makeup that I started to knit. I used to spend that time studying Italian and French. Then after I had two kids, my brain turned to mush and I took up knitting.
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I think if we open ourselves to all different kinds of men and all groups, we find a lot more opportunities to love.
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Business is all about the customer: what the customer wants and what they get. Generally, every customer wants a product or service that solves their problem, worth their money, and is delivered with amazing customer service.
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I will not be a slave to my yesterday. I am creator, not a parrot.
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Days of absence, sad and dreary,Clothed in sorrow's dark array,-Days of absence, I am weary: She I love is far away.
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My experience bears out an adage about airlines: People almost always opt for convenience and price, even while complaining loudly about crowded planes and a dearth of amenities.
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The reason we choose the songs that I’ve already been released is that I wanted this album to tell the story of my life for the past four years and I think that the songs that we’ve already released are integral to my story and to my sound and my vision as a musician.
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I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions.
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I think one of my greatest gifts is leading worship.
