David Adams Richards famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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There is no worse flaw in man's character than that of wanting to belong.
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I was nothing more than a thug with Tolstoy in my pocket.
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If the poor rabbits knew I was selling their dead bodies for wine, they would be heartbroken.
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Wayne Curtis is one of our very best writers!
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Read Jerrod Edson. He is one of our best young writers.
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The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion). In the character of Lord Jesus Christ we find both these qualities.
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A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.
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I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
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I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor.
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God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.
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The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.
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Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.
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Will covers a multitude of flaws, just as love covers a multitude of sins.
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