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-- Arthur B. Robinson

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“People who know their worth can live austerely; it's the people nagged by the gnawing knowledge of their own cheapness who have that eternal necessity for submerging themselves in what they feel is superlative in material things, as if fine possessions could make them fine.”
“The key to ministry in any and every context, both now and for the last two thousand years, is missionary flexibility.”

Source : Matt Carter, Darrin Patrick (2011). “For the City: Proclaiming and Living Out the Gospel”, p.69, Harper Collins
“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.”
“People of the world will reject your reminders, because it reminds them that this world is temporary.”
“People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive.”
“My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.”
“You can concede to an opponent something he hasn't earned. It's one thing to underestimate an opponent. But maybe the worst thing is to overestimate. You always play your strengths. But that doesn't mean you become predictable.”

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