Mike Yaconelli Quotes

If I were to die today, I would be nervous about what people would say at my funeral. I would be happy if they said things like, 'He was a nice guy' or, 'He was occasionally decent' or, 'Mike wasn't as bad as a lot of people.'

Mike Yaconelli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 24, 1942 - October 30, 2003

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To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive.

Matthew Arnold

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I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show.

Andy Milonakis

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Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.

Jean-Eric Vergne

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Many American Muslims are peaceful and define jihad primarily as an internal struggle to improve.

Marvin Olasky

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There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir.

Michael Stipe

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Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.

Joseph Brodsky

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Bars need to be conceived and built for the local audience, not the personal tastes of the owner. Huge mistakes are made with regard to market research and concepts. Research and capital are paramount!

Jon Taffer

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Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough.

Donna Brazile

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Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.

Christian Bale

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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

Corrie Ten Boom

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I don't want to be a lead player. I don't want to shred and play fast licks. I just want to be the best rhythm section ever.

Brian Fallon

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Faith properly informs the religious lawyer or judge, and morality is not in tension with fidelity to the law.

William H. Pryor

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