"There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy."

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Source : Erwin W. Lutzer (2015). “Failure: the Back Door to Success”, p.96, Moody Publishers

Erwin W. Lutzer

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“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”
“America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.”
“What was she thinking? Tarnished Silver? Brother. He probably practiced that smoldering look in the mirror so all women within a mile would fall over like nine pins when he smiled. Well, count her out. He was mouthwatering to look at, but so was cheesecake, and cheesecake was a heck of a lot safer.”

Source : Catherine Anderson (2007). “Phantom Waltz”, p.19, Penguin
“The late development of mass industrial organization in the United States has both stimulated and retarded the political development of the American working class.”
“Teen magazines keep writing that my eyes Â´twinkleÂ´ when I talk. Look, IÂ´m a guy. I donÂ´t twinkle, you know! You can say that my eyes Â´sparkleÂ´ maybe, but not Â´twinkleÂ´ alright? Got that teen magazine writers?!”
“I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie.”

Source : "Mozart of film music" by Adam Sweeting, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2001.
“The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.”
“The challenge these days, is to be somewhere, to belong to some particular place, invest oneself in it, draw strength and courage from it, to dwell in a community.”

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