#mir

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything. ↗

— George Eliot

#christ #doing #faith #jesus #look

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it. ↗

— James Thurber

#appreciative #audience #cannot #chuckle #comedy

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#hours #i #i do #long #loving

I mean, I did a film, a musical of 'Scrooge', in '70, and the tricks were done by flat clothes and mirrors. I hope that the day will come when we don't have to turn up at all. ↗

— Albert Finney

#come #day #did #done #film

If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple. ↗

— Edward Fitzgerald

#ate #because #believe #damned #god

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. ↗

— Voltaire

#admiral #country #encourage #from time to time #good

I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James. ↗

— John Fogerty

#brown #dance #elements #great #great people

I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#admired #against #family #fascism #father

Life really is a most whimsical thing. While we consistently try and chart its route, it goes ahead and takes its own turn. Just follow the paths it lays out before you. And you may find, at some sudden turn, a miracle waiting just for you. ↗

— Jyoti Arora

#miracle #opportunity #dreams

They have accorded me my constitutional rights, and that is to their credit because the media hate campaign against me has been so intense and so vicious that it's a miracle that the police have taken such a professional approach. ↗

— Ernst Zundel

#against #approach #because #been #campaign