Compelling Quotes - Page 19

• In short, I didn't become a Christian because God promised I would have an even happier life than I had as an atheist. He never promised any such thing. Indeed, following him would inevitably bring divine demotions in the eyes of the world. Rather, I became a Christian because the evidence was so compelling that Jesus really is the one-and-only Son of God who proved his divinity by rising from the dead. That meant following him was the most rational and logical step I could possibly take.

  Lee Strobel

  Christian, Atheist, Jesus

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• ...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the government has a 'compelling interest' in censoring the Internet. The Second Amendment doesn't say you have the right to keep and bear arms until some madman plants a bomb. The Fourth Amendment doesn't say you have the right to be secure from search and seizure unless some FBI agent thinks you fit the profile of a terrorist. The government has no right to interfere with any of these freedoms under any circumstances.

  Harry Browne

  Thinking, Fbi Agents, Rights

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• The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.

  John Stuart Mill

  Spiritual, Freedom, Health

  John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.160, Hackett Publishing

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• Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature; it is a hallucinatory presence manifest from the first sentence to fascinate the reader, to make him lose contact with the dull reality that surrounds him, submerging him in another that is more intense and compelling.

  Julio Cortazar

  Reality, Skills, Stories

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• There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us to do something with our lives, and that He will give us help when help is sought.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Motivational, Children, Giving

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.128, Harmony

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• Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead.

  Paul Auster

  Stories, Feels, Ifs

  "Third Screen: Paul Auster, “Invisible” Man". Interview with Nick Obourn, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 5, 2009.

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• I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.

  Michele Bachmann

  President, Libya, Made

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• Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.

  Michele Bachmann

  Political, Figures, Palin

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• I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

  Kevin Bacon

  Character, Responsibility, Actors

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• Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them.

  Alan Ball

  Character, Important, Care

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• The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take on vacation and rather than going out, you'd read in your hotel room because you had to find out what happened. Hopefully that's what readers are responding to.

  Harlan Coben

  Dream, Book, Writing

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• Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There's no, like, 'I'll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.'

  Ani DiFranco

  Stars, Rocks, Fans

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. March 13, 2002.

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• Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Country, Religious, Land

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• Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that people can care about is something even better. We love to see action heroes that are vulnerable, that are sensitive, that are family people, that are accessible.

  Steven Seagal

  Hero, Character, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous.

  James Taylor

  Humorous, People, Interesting

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

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• People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.

  Olivia Wilde

  Bad Ass, Play, People

  "Olivia Wilde On Turning 30: ‘I’m Welcoming This Development With Open Arms", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2013.

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• Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.

  John Stuart Mill

  Equality, Tolerance, Suffering

  John Stuart Mill (1864). “On Liberty”, p.27

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• The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals. We're Americans. We just want to be treated like everybody else. That is a compelling argument. And to deny that, you've got to have a very strong argument on the other side. And the other side hasn't been able to do anything but thump the Bible ... I support civil unions, I always have. All right, the gay marriage thing, I don't feel that strongly about it one way or the other.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Strong, Gay, Support

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• No issue is more compelling than the air we breathe, be it hot or cold, be it hawk or human.

  Jack Nicholson

  Stars, Clouds, Air

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• The witness of the Holy Ghost is even more compelling than the witness of sight. As members of the Church, we become witnesses of the Savior and the truthfulness of this work not only in word but also in keeping our covenants and in how we treat others and in how we live our everyday lives.

  Loren C. Dunn

  Sight, Everyday, Church

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• Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

  John F. Kerry

  Real, Waiting, Climate

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• There are grander and more sublime landscapes - to me. There are more compelling cultures. But what appeals to me about central Montana is that the combination of landscape and lifestyle is the most compelling I've seen on this earth. Small mountain ranges and open prairie, and different weather, different light, all within a 360-degree view.

  Sam Abell

  Compelling Reason, Mountain Ranges, Light

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• What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance, and this the Christian has in a way that no other person has. For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?

  J. I. Packer

  Christian, Imagination, Goal

  J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.46, InterVarsity Press

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• I think what makes compelling fiction or cinema is when you're basically taking the most intense moments of experience and you're creating a song or a narrative out of it.

  David O. Russell

  Song, Thinking, Intense Moments

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• Most people believe that great leaders are distinguished by their ability to give compelling answers. This profound book shatters that assumption, showing that the more vital skill is asking the right questions…. Berger poses many fascinating questions, including this one: What if companies had mission questions rather than mission statements? This is a book everyone ought to read—without question.

  Adam Grant

  Book, Believe, Skills

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