"I've forgotten lines all the time. Sometimes I switch verses in a song. It's just hard not to when you're doing the same thing all the time."
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"As you pray for the Holy Spirit to make you aware of thoughts that come into your mind that don't line up with God's Word, you'll begin to realize when those thoughts come and you can renew your mind with the Word."
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"Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes."
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"Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, the truest lines or the flashiest ones?"
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"Jack turned to Cameron. "Do you just line them up, waiting to yell at me, on the off chance I'll stop by?"
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"Sam [Phillips] wanted I Walk The Line up - you know, up-tempo. And I put paper in the strings of my guitar to get that (vocalizing) sound, and with the bass and the lead guitar, there it was. Bare and stark, that song was when it was released. And I heard it on the radio and I really didn't like it, and I called Sam Phillips and asked him please not to send out any more records of that song."
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"I admit I'm a fool for you, because your mine, I walk the line."
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"There is but one question ultimately to be asked respecting every line you draw, Is it right or wrong? If right, it most assuredly is not a "free" line, but an intensely continent, restrained and considered line; and the action of the hand in laying it is just as decisive, and just as "free" as the hand of a first-rate surgeon in a critical incision."
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"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We live entirely by the impression of a narrative line upon disparate images, the shifting phantasmagoria, which is our actual experience."
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"The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate."
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"In the eyes of the Iranians, they don't respect or fear Barack Obama. He drew a line against Assad when he used chemical weapons and did nothing about it. And our friends, the Arabs and the Israelis, don't trust President Obama."
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"I got a lot from my uncle who is a really good ska guitarist. Very ragged makeshift rhythms and intricate lines."
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"There are roles that are terrifying because they're large or you may feel that they're out of your line, but I'm never terrified once the actual work begins. Once you begin rehearsal, then it's small building blocks. It's solving little problems one at a time."
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"The truth is that business is simple: create great products, merchandise them at the point of sale, continuously innovate and surprise, reward and achieve a position of loyalty with your front line, and seek new truth from the market. Deliver the goods at a competitive cost. Price to earn a decent but not competitively inviting return. Not much else matters."
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"Some lines were never meant to be crossed, however good your cause may seem."
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"Sam, that's a great concept. And maybe you believe it. But I'm black and I'm a lesbian, so let me tell you: From what I know? Personal experience? There are always lines."
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"There's certain companies that line up with what the brand represents. There are other things that are more investment-focused."
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"a local train ... moved gently off up the line with a very singular motion indeed, in which the leap of a frog, the bounce of a pogo-stick, and the canter of a very short fat pony all were brought to mind."
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"You know how a lot of people say they could go crazy? Well, I feel I live very close to that line."
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"God draweth straight lines but we call them crooked."
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