Jim Elliot Quotes

I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.

Jim Elliot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 8, 1927 - January 8, 1956

Topics

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Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be.

Joel Osteen

GodTodayNew BeginningBestYouGo

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.

Maureen Murphy

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There are many conflicting interests in Europe.

Angela Merkel

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There's a lot of strength in the U.S., but there's a lot of froth also. The froth will blow off. We're going to have to face up to some realities that we're not fully facing up to right now.

Jeffrey Sachs

StrengthFaceNowWillRightUp

There are bound to be differences in any artistic collaboration with landscape elements, or theater, of lighting elements.

Michael Arad

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When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded, beatbox disco soared, indie rock took off, and new wave invented a language of teen angst.

Rob Sheffield

MusicTeenWorldEndLanguageWave

I like hitting people. The best feeling is when you hit so hard, pow! You get a jarring headache.

Rohan Marley

BestPeopleYouFeelingHardGet

I don't mind nudity; I just don't do it often.

Mischa Barton

MindJustOften

As a little boy, I wanted to be a policeman. And then as I got older, and I saw my dad in the car business, an automobile executive.

Mitt Romney

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A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.

Little Richard

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The greatest question of all is whether our experience on this planet is 'it' or whether there is something else. Things in the supernatural realm give support, strangely perhaps, to the things we take on faith.

Art Bell

FaithExperienceSupportQuestion

Make sure you meet the right people, people who know that industry and are willing to help you. Do your homework - read books about the industry, talk to people. If you don't know something, ask.

Anwar Robinson

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