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The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
My brothers were the ones who taught me about mythology and storytelling, and showed me how to do stop-motion animation.
Geoffrey S. Fletcher
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I was brought up, as a lot of kids are, on 'Aesop's Fables,' 'Brothers Grimm,' 'La Fontaine,' all those sorts of things. Hans Christian Andersen is a hero of mine.
Michael Morpurgo
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After being raised as an evangelical Christian, I for years assumed that Christianity was the default - there were Christians, and then there were weirdos. I was shocked when, in college, I found that some people get offended when you tell them, for instance, that their recovery from surgery was a 'miracle.'
David Wong
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So we were doing this scene, and the kids get 20 minutes a day, um, so, all I had to do was pick him up out of the incubator and take him out, and that was the whole shot.
Steve Burton
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Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes.


John Dos Passos
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Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.
William Law
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Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.


Kenny Rogers
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The popular image that Hollywood is ruined by difficult prima donna actors is nonsense. They're certainly very nice to directors. I can't say the same about producers, who I found difficult, paranoid, and certifiably insane, mostly.
Nigel Cole
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Since I've quit drinking, I'm not sure I've found the good life, but I've certainly uncovered a better one.
Koren Zailckas
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Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.


Gordon Waller
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I had older brothers and sisters who were high achievers, and I felt different, misunderstood by my family. That's not my family's fault; it was my perception.
Willie Aames
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There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.


Annie Dillard
No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That's a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything.
Toni Morrison
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Gays and lesbians began to gain civil rights when Americans realized that their brothers, cousins, daughters were gay.
Nicholas Kristof
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I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.


Christian Slater
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Though we may not necessarily forfeit our lives in service to our God, we can certainly demonstrate our love for Him by how well we serve Him.
Thomas S. Monson
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There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.
Michael Jackson
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There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.
Christian Louboutin
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I was certainly never conscious of 'playing the woman.' I would not have approved of that. It is not a winning tactic. I operated in the world as I found it, and it was a man's world.
Pauline Neville-Jones
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