J. C. Ryle Quotes
The hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop.
Quotes to Explore
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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Isolationism is over.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my dad. I would never tell them that these songs are about them or which specific lyric is about somebody. Often, when I sit down to write a lyric, it is in the heat of the moment, and something has just happened.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
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Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.
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I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.
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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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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.
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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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In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.
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The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.
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There is now less flogging in our great schools than formerly, but then less is learned there; so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.
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Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use.
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The hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop.
