Marillyn Hewson Quotes
I was 9 years old when my father - a strong, vibrant man in his early 40s - died of a heart attack. He was such a central figure in our lives that losing him was a terrible shock to all of us, my mother in particular.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
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Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
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A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
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I see the Calvin Klein girl as strong, fun, and confident.
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Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.
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Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.
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'Perfect' is about a set-up that looks perfect from the outside - beautiful country house, beautiful wife and mother, everything where it should be - and the deep fissures that, in fact, lie beneath that. 'Perfect' was partly a response to the shock of my first book, 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry,' being a success.
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I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.
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The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.
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Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.
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I come from a simple background, so I couldn't call my father and say, 'Come pay my bills,' so I had to get out there and work.
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I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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My mother's husband Harry Bloom was a writer, a novelist, a reporter, and an anti-apartheid activist.
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What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
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People say I look like my father. My son is very much like him.
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I want my opponents to look at me across the net and just not want to play me because I look so fit and amazing and strong. So that's always my goal.
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I was an at-home father, taking care of them for seven years when they were babies. I was one of those new-age, at-home dads.
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People voted with their hearts as they were remembering the father.
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I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.
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I was 9 years old when my father - a strong, vibrant man in his early 40s - died of a heart attack. He was such a central figure in our lives that losing him was a terrible shock to all of us, my mother in particular.
