Philip Yancey Quotes

One of the greatest things about writing as a profession is that the words of Tolstoy, Chesterton and Dostoyevsky have lived for a hundred years and are just as powerful today. Their words have changed me just as much as the people I actually met.

Philip Yancey

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We notice in others only those things that relate to ourselves. For example, you could find someone hilarious and brilliant, and I could find the same person idiotic and annoying. It's the same person doing the same thing, but because we are viewing them from our own unique perspectives, they mirror back to us something different.

Jen Sincero

MirrorSomeoneDoingYouUnique

Well, the bottom line is that I'm extremely pleased with 'The Stupids.' I'm pleased that it's coming out, and it should look good. It's nice looking, with the colors and stuff. I made it for kids, and I really would like them to see it.

John Landis

GoodColorsLookingLookNiceSee

I don't really care who gets their inspiration from where, it's the end results that count.

Robert Lloyd

CareEndResultsInspirationCount

I found it marvelous that the great supporters of America in Europe are, of course, those countries that American consistency and firmness in the Cold War ended up liberating.

John Rhys-Davies

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At first, almost everyone who got involved did so for philosophical reasons. We saw bitcoin as a great idea, as a way to separate money from the state.

Roger Ver

GreatMoneyWayFirstEveryoneSaw

I've never contended that I had a really horrible life.

Mary Karr

LifeNeverHorribleReallyHad

Often we lose our identity trying to please or placate others.

Mary Manin Morrissey

IdentityTryingLoseOthersOur

I'm not one of those kind of people who does the observational 'Hey, don't you hate it when you're at the grocery store and the line's long and the cash register starts taking too long.' I don't really do that kind of stuff. I'm heavy on persona, and I do a lot of interacting with the audience.

Judah Friedlander

HatePeopleLongYouKindLine

I worked nightclubs all through my 20s, and I was a teetotaler.

Dick Van Dyke

ThroughNightclubsWorked

To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

ChangeDeathEnvironmentalAction

For holidays, I like doing special cheery touches around the table, like color-coordinating the plates and napkins to fit the theme.

Debi Mazar

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I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.

Clara Schumann

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