"The Christian faith gives us a new conception of work as the means by which God loves and cares for his world through us."
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"Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words from God, truths on which we can build our lives, truths we have to submit to, truths we have to obey, and truths we have to build our lives on, but he himself is the truth."
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"Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them."
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"Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us."
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"I'm friends with [David] Fincher. [James] Cameron gives me advice. I know a fair amount of directors who have been through it, and they all felt pretty confident that I would be fine when I got my shot. So their confidence made me feel confident."
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"I think actors, they maybe want more approval than I'm used to giving. Everybody does. Everybody needs a hug you know, all the time. I'm not very good at that. I could get better at that."
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"My parents won’t let me have a motorcycle, but they give me all the guns I want. I asked them for a motorcycle last Christmas and they told me I’d only kill myself. They got me this twelve-gauge instead."
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"In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke."
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"There is not built-in meaning to anything, we are free to add any meaning we choose to give it."
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"Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers on the judging panel."
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"If you give people more perspective of one object, they start to see it more clearly."
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"Of course, you always give 100 percent, but at a home race you're always more motivated, simply because you feel at home."
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"Never, ever, ever give 100% in anything you do. . . Always give more!"
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"No human being can prevent you from giving. Because no human being controls God’s agenda."
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"The hour which gives us life begins to take it away."
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"Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just."
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"Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs."
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"The stomach begs and clamors, and listens to no precepts. And yet it is not an obdurate creditor; for it is dismissed with small payment if you give it only what you owe, and not as much as you can."
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"We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine."
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"To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is the part of a great mind."
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