Because I Can Quotes

• I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. It doesn't change God - it changes me.

  C. S. Lewis

  Helping, Praying, Change God

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• Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

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• A lot of people, black, white, mexican, young or old, fat or skinny have a problem being true to they self. They have a problem looking in the mirror and looking directly into their own souls. Only reason I am who I am today is because I can look directly into my face and find my soul

  Tupac Shakur

  Mirrors, Self, Who I Am

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• You only need a heart full of grace

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Heart, Greatness, Helping Others

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.222, Beacon Press

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• Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  College, Helping Others, Greatness

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• Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Heart, Helping Others, Greatness

  "The Drum Major Instinct". Sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, February 4, 1968.

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• The truth is that I'm never sure how any of my books will be received, and because I can be thin-skinned, I try not to read too many reviews when a book first comes out.

  Charles Baxter

  Book, Trying, Firsts

  "Off the Page: Charles Baxter". Interview with Carole Burns, www.washingtonpost.com. October 16, 2003.

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• All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part of the work is to recreate those. It's easy for me to be around a lot of people, because I can retreat. I can watch everything.

  Ryan McGinley

  Brother, Adventure, People

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• But, as environment minister, I am very interested in a thriving German automobile industry, because I can only pay for the rising costs of environmental protection at home and abroad if there are people in Germany with jobs and who pay taxes.

  Sigmar Gabriel

  Jobs, Home, People

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• I never did buy things on credit, I always paid for 'em, because I can't see much difference in paying for something and just waiting a week and pay interest on it; that looks foolish to me.

  Howard Finster

  Differences, Waiting, Looks

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• I decided to find you, throw myself at your feet, and beg you to have mercy on me. Honestly, I'll accept whatever you choose, Kelsey. Just don't ask me to live apart from you again. Because...I can't.

  Colleen Houck

  Feet, Romance, Kelsey

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• I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

  Idris Elba

  Black, Roles, Actors

  " Idris Elba: 'The Less I Talk About Being Black, The Better'" by Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. May 29, 2012.

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• Normally I'm really lucky because I can go down to my local shops and no one cares. I take the Tube and the bus so it's kind of the perfect balance.

  MyAnna Buring

  Perfect, Balance, Lucky

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• I have to go out for lunch and dinner because I can't cook. I need a woman to come and save me from my cooking.

  Carrot Top

  Lunch, Cooking, Needs

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• I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe.

  Shannen Doherty

  Guy, Sitting, Dinner

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• Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Play, Creative, Political

  "Jeffrey Wright: Professional Politician?". Interview with Valerie Gladstone, www.theroot.com. October 11, 2011.

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• I love going to the movies and getting Raisinets, a big tub of popcorn and a Coke. That's definitely a guilty pleasure because I can't be doing that all the time.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Popcorn, Tubs, Coke

  "Que Sera, Sanaa!". Interview with Kam Williams, lasentinel.net. September 8, 2011.

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• I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

  David Morrissey

  Forget, I Can

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• I've always loved drama. This is a blessing because I can show a little bit of what I can do, and hopefully more, in the future.

  Steven Yeun

  Drama, Blessing, Littles

  Source: collider.com

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• Last week I lost my temper in my karate class. Man, I'm not doing that again until I'm a black belt. Because I can tell you there's a difference between taking karate and receiving karate.

  Demetri Martin

  Men, Class, Differences

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• I came out here to do the acting, and then after a year of auditions and not getting anything, I met these Italian guys and they asked me to write lyrics for them. Then they said, "Why don't you just front the band?" I said, "Well, maybe because I can't sing. I've never sang before in my life."

  Malin Akerman

  Writing, Italian, Years

  "Malin Akerman Talks Rock of Ages". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. September 12, 2017.

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• I like to take advantage of the simple-minded because I can.

  Jim Cornette

  Simple, Advantage, I Can

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• I don't need anyone. Because I can do every single thing that a person in a relationship can. Everything. Even zip up my own dress. You know, there are some things that are actually harder to do with two people. Such as monologues.

  LIZ

  Two, People, Dresses

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• I pray because I can't help myself.

  C. S. Lewis

  Helping, Praying, I Pray

  "Fictional character: C. S. "Jack" Lewis". "Shadowlands", 1993.

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• I'm not God, but I'm working within my own means as an artist and a person, and I possibly have more power than God does, in whatever form he has, if he exists, because I can work without the overarching ambition of wanting to rule over everything. I can work just for the heck of it.

  Raymond Pettibon

  Ambition, Mean, Artist

  Interview with John O’Connor, www.believermag.com. December 2004.

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