J. C. Ryle Quotes
Hearken, my believing reader. What is the cause of your weakness? Is it not because the fountain of life is little used? Is it not because you are resting on old experiences, and not daily gathering new manna—daily drawing new strength from Christ?
Quotes to Explore
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There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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I just want to be a little more real. Maybe I'm a little bit darker than others.
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I want to write my own stuff, and, you know, it would be nice to put myself in it. But I would like to hope that there are going to be better roles offered as well and that I don't need to do everything. You know, like, I appreciate my career being somewhat DIY, but it would be nice to get some help.
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The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there - but the pirates who've taken over the ship. I am thinking, of course, of that awful art world species: the curator.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
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We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.
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I hate nostalgia, I want nothing to do with it.
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Trust your father. He is not perfect, but he loves you and would never do anything he didn't think was in your best interest. So talk to him. Share your thoughts and feelings, your dreams and your fears. The more he knows about your life, the better chance he has to understand your concerns and to give you good counsel.
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To describe and explain my ideas is to lose them.
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It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style.
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Nobody who loved life and new experiences that much was ever going to get old, not really. Wiser and eventually dead, maybe, but not old.
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Hearken, my believing reader. What is the cause of your weakness? Is it not because the fountain of life is little used? Is it not because you are resting on old experiences, and not daily gathering new manna—daily drawing new strength from Christ?
