William Barclay Quotes

If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained to a certainty that the man who unthinkingly accepts things can never reach.

William Barclay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: theologian
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: December 5, 1907 - January 24, 1978

Topics

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I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.

Jerry Lewis

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When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it.

Maya Hawke

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I'd rather have a part where you walk into a room and you leave. That's perfect for me.

Amy Sedaris

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I want my books sold on airport bookstalls.

Stephen Hawking

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We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design.

Steve Albini

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When you're playing football, and your enemies are there, you don't have a lot of time to think to yourself. You've got stuff to handle. You've got places to be, meetings to go to, bigger fish to fry. You really don't attack the emotional side of your life.

Stefon Diggs

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The so-called second New Deal of 1935 - including the Works Progress Administration, Social Security and the Wagner Act legalizing union labor - represented an effort to meet the rising voices demanding a more aggressive government approach to the collapse of national prosperity.

Robert Dallek

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I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

Josh Radnor

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Our very long-term prospective hinges on making the best possible wine we can.

Drew Bledsoe

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The final line in the Second Amendment says, 'The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' That means not by the president, not by Congress.

Chuck Norris

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The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

Plautus

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I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence, to their sexual self-knowledge.

Susie Bright

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