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• When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, the things of earth grow strangely dim. The values of eternity grow increasingly bright.

  David Jeremiah

  Jesus, Giving, Earth

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• All our pleasures and possessions are consigned to oblivion, but the legacy we leave for Christ will endure forever.

  David Jeremiah

  Forever, Legacy, Oblivion

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• The tomb was empty-the greatest security breach of all time.Yet that event gives lasting security to all God's people.

  David Jeremiah

  People, Giving, Events

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• The greatest lessons to be learned about life, love, purpose, meaning, and priority are to be learned from children.

  David Jeremiah

  Children, Love Life, Lessons To Be Learned

  David Jeremiah (2013). “Hopeful Parenting: Encouragement for Raising Kids Who Love God”, p.43, David C Cook

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• If you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you already have the Holy Spirit living within you.

  David Jeremiah

  Jesus, Spirit, Christ

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Signs of Life: Back to the Basics of Authentic Christianity”, p.61, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Children, Names, Generations

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 34: Sermons 2001-2061”, p.115, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• That for me was the big turning point in my artistic life, when my wife and I had our kids. The world got infused with morality again. Every person in the world should theoretically be loved as much as I love my daughters.

  George Saunders

  Daughter, Mother, Kids

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• I love Rauschenberg. I love that he created a turning point in visual history, that he redefined the idea of beauty, that he combined painting, sculpture, photography, and everyday life with such gall, and that he was interested in, as he put it, 'the ability to conceive failure as progress.'

  Jerry Saltz

  Photography, Ideas, Everyday

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• When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me.

  Victoria Beckham

  Fashion, Thinking, Shapes

  "Victoria Beckham: behind the scenes with the queen of fashion". Interview with Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2012.

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• With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and their families, innocents going about their lives, suddenly and brutally murdered, no other day can ever matter as much.

  Jon Meacham

  Perspective, Matter, Doe

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• I better make the plot good. I wanted to make it grip people on the first page and have a big turning point in the middle, as there is, and construct the whole thing like a bit of a roller coaster ride...

  Mark Haddon

  People, Plot, Pages

  "The Curiously Irresistible Literary Debut of Mark Haddon". PowellsBooks Interview, www.powells.com. October 10, 2006.

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• I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance was or what I was required to repent of. It was indeed the turning point of my life.

  Bede Griffiths

  Dark, Self, Surrender

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• The subject matter is very tricky. It's about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it's a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians.

  Daniel Craig

  Thinking, Squad, Matter

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• In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of the future and assess the choices facing humankind.

  Tony Blair

  Choices, September 11, Events

  Address at the Labour Party Conference, delivered 2 October 2001

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• I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

  Jim Carrey

  Mean, Kids, Years

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• The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.

  Warren Christopher

  Election, Palestinian, Mandates

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• At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point.

  Roh Moo-hyun

  Destiny, Today, Threshold

  "Roh Moo-Hyun's Inauguration Speech". news.bbc.co.uk. February 25, 2003.

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• It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.

  Gwen Stefani

  Talent

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• If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.

  David Suzuki

  Strong, America, People

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• When we take voice lessons from the Master, we learn to speak with tenderness.

  David Jeremiah

  Voice, Lessons, Speak

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• Be honest with God and ask Him to give you a willingness to do the work of prayer.

  David Jeremiah

  Prayer, Giving, Honest

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Sanctuary: Finding Moments of Refuge in the Presence of God”, p.226, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If someone analyzed your words today, what percentage would be tender, encouraging, uplifting, faith-building, and joyful? Would it match Christ's proportions?

  David Jeremiah

  Uplifting, Would Be, Today

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• There was one moment, and it happened in school. I had a big final exam - we were supposed to write a 20-page report on this book about Houdini. I probably would have loved reading it, but I didn't, so I just decided to make a little super-8 movie based on it. I tied myself to the railroad tracks and all that. I mean, this is kid stuff, but it impressed the teacher, and I got an A. And that was maybe my first turning point, when I said, 'Yeah, I wouldn't mind being a filmmaker.'

  Tim Burton

  Teacher, Reading, Book

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

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• Christians are not perfect, and all of us do sin along the way. But genuine Christians hear His voice and follow Him.

  David Jeremiah

  Christian, Voice, Perfect

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• I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I thought, 'Maybe I'll get to produce one day and get to do cool stuff too,' which is what happened when we did 'Charlie's Angels.' Starting my production company was a big turning point for me.

  Drew Barrymore

  Angel, Men, One Day

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