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David Brainerd Quotes

My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
Nationality: american
Birth: April 20, 1718 - October 9, 1747

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Change God Great Blessed View Hand

I get offered stuff that I don't really want to do, so hopefully, I'm just kind of waiting for the right thing.

Waiting Want Kind Right Get Stuff

The best thing I ever did was when I was offered a million dollars to go play in South Africa and didn't take it. I was 21 years old, and part of it was like, 'Well, if they're offering me this obscene amount of money just to play one match, there must be something really wrong.'

Best Money Me Wrong Play Go

In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought of that until a critic pointed that out.

Home I Am Thought Language Never

I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to get over people asking me to write my name in the book.

Birthday Time People Me Book Name

I refuse to this day to do e-mail because everybody I know that does it, it takes another two or three hours a day. I don't want to give two or three more hours away.

Day Know Three Want More Two

In his late quartets, Beethoven introduces an element that shouldn't be there, that should be left for meditation, though I love them. I can see that through them came Wagner and Mahler and Schoenberg and Berg. And then came Tracey Emin. And I can see it all as one downward path.

Love Path Meditation Late I Can See

Do what is best for most people, not just a few. Prevent your elites and growing middle class, those who often benefit most from growth and development, from turning into a special interests group that blocks reforms.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Growth Best People Growing Group

I've been a traveller, but I don't travel so much now. I'm trying to do it vicariously through my writing. I'm trying to write books that will draw readers away from their lives but send them back in a more awakened way.

Steven Heighton

Travel Writing Trying Back Now Way

In South, getting admission in SSN is not possible just because someone is my relative. One of the ministers said SSN is the only institution where I can't get a seat for anyone. That's true of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments, too.

Someone Just Because True Possible

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

Change Direction Country Vote Our

The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to work for them.

Work Business Money World Out Us

To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.

Clarence Clemons

Me Kind Rock Roll Even Though

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