"To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately."

-- Josh Billings

#Character Quotes #Giving Quotes #Reputation Quotes

“I normally don't need any help to put pressure on myself but there was additional pressure because it was a film she always wanted to shoot and I wanted to tell this story as best as possible. When I told my wife that I'd like to direct it, I had already given it a lot of thought and honestly I felt that I was the best person for the job, plus I was cheap.”
“The real question should be: what makes a good political poem? The possible answers to that question are both obvious and yet still a little too subjective for anyone to ever fully agree on. What do I most wish to see in a political poet? Sublimated rebellion.”
“Where I come from, there's no common enemy, there's no "why." There's no, "I hate white people."”
“When I was born I owed twelve dollars.”
“Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.”

Source : Timothy Keller (2013). “Walking with God through Pain and Suffering”, p.16, Penguin
“The Japanese say, if the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.”
“Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly crucifixion and death, the Christ upon the cross is paradoxically the clearest revelation of who God is.”
“I always thought that it was every performer's dream. That's the epitome of being an artist, being able to express song, dance and acting in a live theatre setting and really connecting with an audience on that level.”

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