Leland Ryken Quotes

Readers should aspire to what is excellent. They should refuse to read a substitute Bible. They should want a Bible that calls them to their higher selves - or to something higher than their current level of attainment.

Leland Ryken

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BibleWantAspireLevelSomething

Comedians kind of write what comes to them. You can give yourself little assignments, but it's what inspires you.

Jim Gaffigan

YourselfYouKindWriteLittleGive

I make playlists on my iPod like nobody's business!

Jenna Ushkowitz

BusinessNobodyMakeLikeiPod

A few years ago, I actually did come up with a mocking sort of epitaph for myself. It's this: 'Here lies Robert Silverberg. He spent most of his life in the future. Now he's in the past.'

Robert Silverberg

LifeFutureMyselfPastNowUp

A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation.

Ann Druyan

PeopleEgoBelieveUniverseEarth

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.

John W. Gardner

RespectGovernmentFeelResponsible

I'm a rock god? I'm five foot seven. I had me jaw broken, and so my chin stuck way out. That's how I became tough - I learned to pick up anything and fight back... A rock god!

Roger Daltrey

GodBrokenFightMeToughBack

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

Ronald Reagan

FriendsTroubleKnowIgnorantJust

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

Michel Gondry

PeopleSometimesWayOriginalResist

I know I'm really good at writing for the theater. I can deny it all I want. Other people can fight me on it. It doesn't really matter. It's the thing I happen to know is my gift.

Jason Robert Brown

GoodFightPeopleMeWritingGift

For 35 years, I've said, 'I'll never go solo.' But after a period of time - and this isn't just for an artist, but for anybody - all the things you never wanted to do eventually become the only things left that you haven't done. So they start looking pretty interesting.

Chrissie Hynde

TimeLookingStartInterestingYou

I've written my own music, and I play guitar.

Cillian Murphy

MusicGuitarPlayMy OwnOwn

I still find new things every night, which is the beauty and fun of live theater. It's a living, breathing art form.

Brandon Uranowitz

BeautyLiveArtNew ThingsFunFind

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