"I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories."

--

Jhumpa Lahiri

#Writing Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Anything that effects our decisions besides that of the Glory of God and His Will Alone is an idol. Why are people so free to do as they please and make decisions off of pleasures, feelings or emotion? It is because they have not been taken captive by the Lord Jesus Christ and He alone does not rule in that life, there are rivals on the throne.”
“She is overtaken by a sensation of unbeing. There is no other word for it.”
“Not that one choose to draw aside in churlish mein or vein, From common lot of what life holds of pleasure, toil or pain But that the call-s to rise and cruise alone with dreams unshared Or plan alone for some far goal, for which none else has cared Or fight alone for what you hold is worth a warrior-s strife And ask no gain or fame or aught beyond the joy of life.”
“You must never feel badly about making mistakes ... as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.”
“I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier.”
“Evil was coming. I wondered whose face it would be wearing.”
“The much greater crimes of the Soviet Gulags occurred over decades and cost millions of lives.”
“Movies take a lot of time to make, so when I sign onto a project, I ask, do I want to dedicate a lot of time to this world? And more so, I look at what I need for me. Do I want to make a comedy? Do I want to make a drama? What do I need? Am I in the right headspace to do this role? And then politics come into consideration, too.”

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