Crowded House Quotes
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God has great plans for you today... creative and unexpected means by which He will make you a saint. He needs only your joyful submission to His plan.
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Maybe if we said that sin causes cancer, people would take it more seriously.
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Giving God permission to make you a saint will ruin your life.
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The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create a hit single, or if you have conscious thoughts of a particular outcome for the music.
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Fatherhood has taught me when it's too quiet my kids are usually sinning. God the Father knows the same. Are you praying?
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If I were as good at praying as I am at not praying I'd be really holy.
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If more husbands and fathers would put as much energy into their marriages and families as they do their jobs, the world would change.
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Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.
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It's easier not to love. Beware of the easy path this day.
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If the heart is hardened, the intellect is darkened.
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The big change was reggae and hip-hop, which came along after Split Enz had started. When Bob Marley first visited New Zealand, he lit a fuse that is still burning very brightly. The Maori people particularly honor reggae music in a very big way. So there is a strong reggae scene and a strong hip-hop scene, especially among Samoans. There's still plenty of quirky stuff around. No one expects to make much money here, so it definitely does encourage an underground sense.
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When I get "too busy" to pray, I envision Jesus at the Pearly Gates showing me the time I wasted looking for something to watch on Netflix.
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It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis - the great lover of animals - is now a pigeon's target in countless yards.
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It's been a few days since I've seen my kids. My hearts racing; I can't wait to hold them. This is just a glimpse into God's heart at Mass.
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Your faith is measured by how well you love those who can't stand you.
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What annoys us most in other people is oftentimes the same area God wants us to grow in ourselves.
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When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but God’s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!'
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True contentment comes with empathy.
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Enthusiasm is contagious - so is a lack of it. Joyless Christians are a greater assault on the gospel than atheism.
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Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.
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Friday and Saturday nights have a funny way of revealing what we really believe on Sunday mornings.
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When you learn how to trust your feelings then you'll know how to recognize it - That part of you that needs no healing is like a swollen river rising. So choke me with a violent passion and drown me in a deep emotion. You've got to help me build this feeling. I'm swimming in a stagnant ocean. Been blinded by smoke and mirrors and crippled by a fear of tomorrow. If you don't help me shake this feeling, then I'll be marking time in Limbo.
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The atheist barista (who's obsessed with astrology) asked me, "So what's your sign?" I responded, "The sign of the cross." I think she spit in my coffee.
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"Love one another": No command is simpler; no command more difficult.