Offers Quotes - Page 25

• At great cost to Himself, God has made it possible for each of us to live with Him eternally. Those who reject God's offer of a heavenly home will be assigned to hell.

  Billy Graham

  Home, Cost, Judgment

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• The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.

  Arthur Helps

  Character, Men, Opinion

  Sir Arthur Helps (1883). “Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd”

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• Our society offers little in the way of reeducation for those who have been torn away from their traditional culture and suddenly exposed to all the blandishments of mass culture-even the churches which follow the hillbillies to the city often make use of the same "hard sell" that the advertisers and politicians do.

  David Riesman

  Education, Mass Culture, Cities

  David Riesman (1964). “Abundance for What?”, p.165, Transaction Publishers

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• A human being sheds its leaves like a tree. Sickness prunes it down; and it no longer offers the same silhouette to the eyes which loved it, to the people to whom it afforded shade and comfort.

  Jules de Goncourt

  Eye, People, Tree

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• What fiction offers us is an intimacy shorn of the messy contingencies of human existence - gender, race, class or age. Those moments of transcendence when we exclaim "You know exactly what I mean!" depend for much of their force on the anonymous character of the intimacy between writer and reader.

  Will Self

  Character, Mean, Class

  "Incidents along the road" by Will Self, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2009.

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• As well as being one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, schizophrenia can also be one of the richest learning and humanizing experiences life offers.

  Mark Vonnegut

  Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, Worst

  Mark Vonnegut (2011). “The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity”, p.223, Seven Stories Press

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• One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

  Meg Cabot

  Girl, Motivation, Book

  "My family values" by Meg Cabot, www.theguardian.com. November 28, 2008.

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• There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.

  Eric Burdon

  Running, Rivers, Dry

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• I still love taking pictures with Polaroid film. For me, it offers the most beautiful way of capturing reality and transferring it onto a flat piece of paper.

  Helena Christensen

  Beautiful, Reality, Pieces

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.

  Kenneth Branagh

  People, Important, Directors

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• I definitely had those moments, like any actor, when you get anxious and think, 'When am I going to work again?' But I would feel that way even when I had every offer in the world coming to me. Then I became a father and I felt a little more of the anxiety that came with the responsibility of being a parent.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Father, Responsibility, Thinking

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• Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.

  Macaulay Culkin

  Crazy, Thinking, Hollywood

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Often people, when they're confronted with a poem, it's like someone who keep saying 'what is the meaning of this? What is the meaning of this?' And that dulls us to the other pleasures poetry offers.

  Billy Collins

  People, Pleasure, What Is The Meaning

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• If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention.

  Richard John Neuhaus

  New York, Church, Culture

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• Maybe it's true that people with less extreme views who are also interested in public affairs have been driven out by a marketplace that doesn't offer them anything of the tone they want to listen to.

  David Frum

  Views, People, Tone

  "Despite setbacks, Frum beats on" by Daniel Libit, www.politico.com. September 01, 2009.

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• My mom said, 'Don't get married. You're too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.' And I did.

  Emmitt Smith

  Mom, Married, Said

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• I'm still astonished that somebody would offer me a job and pay me to do what I wanted to do.

  Chuck Jones

  Jobs, Pay, Wanted

  Chuck Jones, Maureen Furniss (2005). “Chuck Jones: Conversations”, p.161, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• My mom is an actress, but she never really pushed me into it, and it was never something I thought I would be doing. She was very happy I decided to, but she certainly doesn't offer me criticism because she knows I'd tell her to shut up! Nobody wants to hear that from their mum!

  Morena Baccarin

  Mom, Criticism, Would Be

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People always tell me, Don’t work so much, but I can’t help it. I feel like all the things I’ve done are important to get to this adult stage now and now I’m getting all these adult offers, so it’s working.

  Kirsten Dunst

  People, Important, Adults

  "Kirsten Dunst for “Crazy/Beautiful”". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. June 29, 2001.

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• For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.

  Bob Barr

  Parent, Special, Experts

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• State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21.

  Charles Bass

  Children, Government, Support

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• I’m pleased to offer analysis of public policy and politics to the millions of Americans who get their news from Fox.

  Evan Bayh

  Analysis, News, Foxes

  "Fox News Signs Former Senator Evan Bayh As A Contributor" by Jack Mirkinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2011.

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• It is longstanding U.S. policy that we will talk to the Iranians anytime, anywhere, on any subject, with no preconditions. So far, they have not taken us up on our offer.

  Howard Berman

  Taken, Policy, Subjects

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• When I'm out hustling up new industries, I can offer Louisiana's many selling points. We have unmatched natural resources, a unique culture and fantastic workers.

  Kathleen Blanco

  Unique, Hustle, Louisiana

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• I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do something like that, I wouldnt pass it down. Im a huge fan of musicals and I really want to do that.

  Michelle Branch

  Musical, Fans, Broadway

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