N Quotes
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“Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed the admonition to put first things first...one of the main essentials which lies at the very beginning of civilization is that of security.”
“Not long ago I learned from a certain person in considerable detail about the worthlessness of your character. All the same, it is you who have given me strength, you who have put the rainbow of revolution in my breast. It is you who have given an object to my life.”
Source: The Setting Sun
“Not long ago, I learned that if I let other people tell me how God was supposed to work in my life I would be dead. If I would have given into someone else’s version of God then I would have done nothing to improve my situation. The notion that “if it was meant to be, it will be”, is a pacifying, yet harmful quote, that many spiritualists use to soften the blow of anger. God is not passive. He is relentless, and he will build you through fire. He will put in your heart a need for answers. The intensity of what bothers your soul is often his voice trying to take you from the limited vision of mankind to the full view of the best life he would like to offer you. He is above any pastor, any bishop, any prophet, any church, any cleverly crafted sermon or multi-meaning verse. He is the master of his craft and the author of your forever. Inner peace is only found through action. Fear may darken the trail, but the light of peace stands at the end of such a journey ----waiting with truth.”
“Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.”
“Not long ago, I told my son I love him so much that sometimes my chest fills up like it’s going to burst, and I have to take a deep breath. He responded, “That sounds like a medical condition.” Did I mention he’s a bit of a smart aleck?”
Source: A List of Cages
“Not long ago I was leafing through a book on writing and writers. I came across the quotation, 'A writer writes for his own pleasure.'
'Nonsense,' I thought.
Writing is my work. I write for my living—to earn an advance, fulfill a contract and meet a deadline—just as I'm doing now.”
Source: Doctor Who: Players
“Not long ago I was much amused by imagining—what if the fancy suddenly took me to kill some one, a dozen people at once, or to do some thing awful, something considered the most awful crime in the world—what a predicament my judges would be in, with my having only a fortnight to live, now that corporal punishment and torture is abolished. I should die comfortably in hospital, warm aad snug, with an attentive doctor, and very likely much more snug and comfortable than at home. I wonder that the idea doesn't strike people in my position, if only as a joke.”
Source: The Idiot
“Not long ago it was easy to tell who the bad guys were. They carried Kalashnikovs. Now it is much more complicated, but one thing is sure - any man who covers his face and packs a gun is a legitimate target for any decent citizen.”
“Not long ago, local farms and markets were the only source of food in one's life. We understood where our food came from, the ground in which it grew, and its link to our Creator. Today, however, with the globalisation of the food industry and the ever-increasing urbanisation of humanity, we've lost this link to the earth and forgotten our dependence on the Creator to provide food for us.”
Source: The Productive Muslim: Where Faith Meets Productivity
“Not long ago, man grew a sense of conscience. He defined himself by what he is, what he thinks, and, more importantly, what he feels—failing to realize that all come from One single source. All of man’s qualities come from One divine being. And that One being has bestowed nature’s hand with the ability to balance itself. Where there is good, there is also evil. And where evil arises, so does good”
Source: The Rise of Shams
“Not long ago someone said I should shorten it to just Emma. But I really, really love my name. From as far as I can remember, my parents have taught me to be really proud of my name.”
“Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence human consciousness are the terrorists.”
“Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books." You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I'm not studying something I feel might be able to help the black man.”
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the police. Today it is only in the most backward countries that fascist generals, in carrying out a coup d'état, still use tanks. If a country has reached a high degree of industrialization the whole scene changes.... Today a country belongs to the person who controls communications.”
“Not long ago, the term 'business model' was not exactly on the tip of everyone's tongue. Then, in the early to mid-1990s, 'business model' became a catchphrase that described how a company makes money or saves money.”
Source: Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet
“Not long ago, when I was a student in college, just flying an airplane seemed a dream. But that dream turned into reality.”
Source: The Spirit of St. Louis
“Not long now: the blazing dream of my head is crawling out.”
Source: Electra
“Not long time ago there was a striking example of the extent to which English has diverged: a television company put out a programme filmed in the English city of Newcastle, where the local variety of English is famously divergent and difficult, and the televised version was accompanied by English subtitles!”
“Not looking really to do some big giant action movie that's just trying to make a lot of money.”
“not looking up but lost in pause”
Source: Falling Awake
“Not lost, but gone before.”
“Not loving is a letting go.
Listen,
The terrain around here
Is
Far too
Dangerous
For
That.”
“Not loving is but a long dying.”
“Not Magnus himself, who was more of a cross between a panther and a demented elf.”
“Not making a decision is actually a decision. It's the decision to stay the same.”
Source: The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands
“Not making a decision is making a decision.”
Source: The City Baker's Guide to Country Living
“Not making a decision is the worst thing you can do. So long as you feel you made the right decision based on the information you had at that time, there's no need to fret about it. If it fails, you'll know what to do next time.”
“Not making a decision means forgoing an opportunity.”
“Not making fun of fat people is good for their self-esteem but bad for their health.”
“Not making the baseball team at West Point was one of the greatest disappointments of my life, maybe my greatest.”
“Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you 'don't have the time'.”
“Not many academics do labor education. Why not? The need is great. This is where the youth are so important. If faculty were as engaged as young students are in anti sweatshop campaigns, prison campaigns, etc., it would be a good thing.”
“Not many adults could have expressed themselves like she did about her fears of returning to old and dangerous habits”
Source: Plausible Liars: A Dr. Lindsey McCall Medical Mystery 5
“Not many appreciate the ultimate power and potential usefulness of basic knowledge accumulated by obscure, unseen investigators who, in a lifetime of intensive study, may never see any practical use for their findings but who go on seeking answers to the unknown without thought of financial or practical gain.”
“Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things.”
“Not many boys like boys; but they like being a boy, showing it, being it together" (22)
(rbt: where does this come from? this being a boy, which is also a doing -- this being wrapped in desire? who teaches it? how? when?)”
“Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.”
“Not many French producers work the American way. In France, the director decides everything, he has final cut. I'm trying to do things differently, without the Luc Besson solution.”
“Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.”
“Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did," the officer observed.”
Source: The Secret of the Old Clock: 80th Anniversary Limited Edition
“not many of us left not much movement
in the blackening lanes among a few low trees
little flocks of orchids in the ditches nobody cares”
Source: Falling Awake
“Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial role. Followers judge leaders. Only if the leaders pass that test do they have any impact. The potential followers, if their judgment is poor, have judged themselves. If the leader takes his or her followers to the goal, to great achievements, it is because the followers were capable of that kind of response.”
Source: Certain Trumpets: The Nature of Leadership
“Not many people agree with what I do.”
“Not many people are interested in what somebody else is thinking, or what they have to say. The best you can hope for is they'll listen to you just so you'll have to listen to them.”
Source: The Complete Collection
“Not many people are true, fake as the lies they tell”
“Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.”
“Not many people ask me out.”
“Not many people bothered to look for beauty beyond the greenhouses. They went about life with their heads down, just praying to get through the day, to feed themselves and their family. No one ever did anything to make it better.”
Source: Whisperworld
“Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.”
“Not many people can boast a photo of their grandmother posing for kiddiporn.”