Scott Derrickson Quotes

I became a Christian within a fundamentalist church. I saw 'A Thief in the Night' on a 16 mm. print when I was in the eighth grade, and I got the whole scare speech from our pastors. 'Do you want to be left here, left behind, for the Tribulation? If not, then come forward.'

Scott Derrickson

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NightForwardChurchChristianYou

Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it's changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown, I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries, and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water's edge.

Jo Nesbo

WaterArchitectureHouseMuseumEdge

I watched a lot of movies when I was younger and I remember, when I was seven years old, I asked my parents if I could have an agent for Christmas.

Meaghan Rath

ParentsRememberMoviesChristmas

If we want to travel into the future, we just need to go fast. Really fast. And I think the only way we're ever likely to do that is by going into space.

Stephen Hawking

FutureTravelSpaceThinkFastWant

Unless I really make an effort, I quite enjoy looking a bit off and something looking a bit wrong. That's how I feel most comfortable. If anything, it's just because I'm, like, very scatty and not very good at putting stuff together.

Suki Waterhouse

GoodTogetherEffortLookingEnjoy

I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.

Sidney Poitier

RomanticActionBurdenIntellectual

I haven't swam in any of the rivers outside of Baltimore. I try to keep it in the pool.

Michael Phelps

PoolTryOutsideRiversKeepAny

It will be a great story when I'm an old man telling my grandkids that I was once the best player in the world.

Luke Donald

GreatBestManWorldStoryOld Man

Social conservatives are very focused on strengthening the family, and I think they are right to do so. One of the worst blind spots of the Left has been its reluctance to say that marriage matters for children.

Jonathan Haidt

FamilyMarriageChildrenThinkBlind

My parents were over the moon when I had some success with Christmas songs because that was the time of the year that meant so much to them. They were able to see their loved ones, and it was great to hear their son's voice on the radio while they visited.

Johnny Mathis

SuccessSonGreatTimeParentsMoon

I'm always practicing lines, researching, trying to be fresh, and fully trying to become the characters I play. That's how I roll.

Ariel Winter

TryingPlayBecomeAlwaysFreshHow

It's extremely likely that the people who have never been exposed to a human who has leprosy, it's very likely they got leprosy from exposure to an armadillo.

Anthony Fauci

PeopleNeverHumanGotBeenWho

It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work.

Philip Levine

WorkMeDoingStopDetroitPoet

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