"I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast."

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Source : "Fictional character: Eric Liddell". "Chariots of Fire", www.imdb.com. 1981.

Eric Liddell

#Believe Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Made Quotes

“Out in Hollywood, where the streets are paved with Goldwyn, the word "sophisticate" means, very simply, "obscene." A sophisticatedstory is a dirty story. Some of that meaning was wafted eastward and got itself mixed up into the present definition. So that a "sophisticate" means: one who dwells in a tower made of a DuPont substitute for ivory and holds a glass of flat champagne in one hand and an album of dirty post cards in the other.”
“I like the authentic object, and I have no problem paying sixty dollars for a T-shirt if it fits me really well and it's really well made. I like unassuming clothes.”
“Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.”
“This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.”
“Stress is not the spice of life any more than arsenic is. And without it, you won't feel bored.”
“We're forever focusing upon our differences, and never noticing how much we're all alike.”
“Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. It is a right that has been irreversibly programmed into our hard drive. We are free to speak our minds. An artist's right to express him or herself as best suits their art, is the artist's prerogative and it is guaranteed.”
“Diamonds are supposed to be a girl's best friend but it's impossible to know for sure where they have come from so I find it is safer just to avoid them altogether.”

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