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E. Stanley Jones Quotes

In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things.

E. Stanley Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: theologian
Nationality: american
Birth: 1894 - 1973

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Some people feel fulfillment from a bitter end - it gives them some sort of sense of reality. But, when you're dealing with reality, I feel like films should discover the part that is happy.

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Most of us are too enmeshed in communities to live our ideals. Outsiders have less to lose.

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Live Lose Us Most Our Outsiders

My main goal is to really make people think, and laugh while they do so.

Stacey Dash

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I know about traffic.

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We basically created a computational unit out of two brains.

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I have kept a diary as long as I can remember, and drawings are really another kind of diary.

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There's some downsides to being famous, which are not even worth mentioning. But to combat the bad sides of being famous, you really should take advantage of the good sides. The good sides are, you can use that fame to get projects you might not normally get.

Chris Rock

Good Famous Worth You Bad Fame

We need an equal opportunity society, one in which government does not see its job as picking winners and losers. Where do you go if you want special favors? Government. Where do you go if you want a tax break? Government. Where do you go if you want a handout? Government. This must stop.

Bobby Jindal

Opportunity Job Government Society

What makes something tragic is that it could've been averted at multiple points.

Noah Hawley

Something Been Tragic Points Makes

You know, my goal, once I leave the music business, is like, 'Man, Lupe didn't lead us astray.' It comes directly from Islam: leading people astray is the worst thing you could do. Especially in perpetuity; like, your music continues to go on and live without you. That risk is too great for me; I'm gonna keep it positive.

Lupe Fiasco

Positive Live Business Music Great

I like to go out for dinner in Belfast with my friends, I like to work on the house. I like working on music.

Kristian Nairn

Work Music Dinner Friends House Go

We need quantitative assessments of the success of education. We need certification and qualifications both for teachers and for pupils. It is not a choice between quantity and quality, between access and excellence. Both of these will happen together if people really do believe in the importance of education to change lives.

Gordon Brown

Education Change Success Excellence