"God doesn't give us crying, pooping children because he wants to advance our careers."
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"I love to give to charity, but I don't want to be charity. This is why I have so much trouble with grace."
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"We don't naturally want to take responsibility for our lives. We want to give the responsibility to someone else. We blame them when our lives aren't good."
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"More than my questions about the efficacy of social actions were my questions about my own motives. Do i want social justice for the oppressed or do i jusy want to be known as a socially active person? I spend 95 percent of my time thinking about myself anyway. I dont have to watch the evening news to see the world is bad, i only have to look at myself. I am not brow beating here, i am only saying that true charge , true living giving, God honoring change would have to start with the individual. I was the very problem i had been protesting. I wanted to make a sign that read “I am the problem"
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"Christ, in short, asks us to give everything, all our false redemption in the lifeboat, all our false ideas about who God is, all our trust in something other than God to redeem us. In so doing, we die to our broken natures in exchange for His perfect nature, and find unification with Him that will allow God to see us as one."
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"I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used for the book.I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used for the book. It was a different process for me, but I liked it."
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"Practice, work hard and give it everything you've got."
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"That's where you can find things and modulate your performance and give the other actors something fresh to respond to. We've probably all worked with actors who when it's suddenly your close up, they get sleepy. I don't like that. It's selfish acting, and I won't tolerate it."
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"Love is a way of living, and not something that you give."
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"Today, and everyday, I give that which I want to receive."
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"Give the needs you lack and they will be returned to you one hundred fold."
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"It would be helpful if the universe would give us one big clue, or a giant compass, if you will, pointing to the direction we should be taking. In fact, the compass is there. To find it, you need only look inside yourself to discover your soul's purest desire, its dream for your life."
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"God gave humans the truth, and the devil came and he said, 'Let's give it a name and call it religion.'"
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"To graciously receive is an expression of the dignity of giving."
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"At any given time the universe is giving you the best result possible."
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"Your only identity is I AM undefined and infinite. Any label you give yourself limits yourself."
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"The way to fill your life with love is very simple: if you want more love, give more love."
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"Medicine in the future will give everyone the ability to become their own best healer."
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"Everything is possible. If you want something, give something."
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"One way to access the field is through the daily practice of silence, meditation, and non-judgment. Spending time in nature will also give you access to the qualities inherent in the field: infinite creativity, freedom, and bliss."
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