#ling

To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response. ↗

— Roland Allen

#among #because #believe #calling #expect

Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#almost #automatically #because #characters #come

The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's a matter of settling down, lowering the rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric is too high. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#down #high #hostility #level #lived

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#appear #chance #comes #excites #eye

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#cry #fact #hitherto #i #indeed

I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred. ↗

— Adele

#buy #day #filling #hatred #i

I've suffered too much to hide my feelings. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#hide #i #much #suffered #too

Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#actress #any #being #comfortable #definite

I got along better with the guys than with the girls. Only two girls came up to talk to me. Later I found out they were telling their boyfriends, 'If you talk to her, I'll kill you.' It's always rough with that high school thing. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#always #better #came #found #got

I really love traveling to Japan. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#japan #love #really #traveling