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• People need a consistent explanation of the cross of Christ and what it accomplished. Christ's atoning work is the centerpiece of the gospel and the only solution for humanity's estrangement from our Creator.

  R. C. Sproul

  People, Humanity, Needs

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• There is an unusually high and consistent correlation between the stupidity of a given person and that person’s propensity to be impressed by the measurement of IQ.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Stupidity, Measurement, Given

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• The toughest part of acting is never a single thing. It's more like a whole character. I find film really difficult - trying to make it feel like a consistent character when you're filming everything out of order.

  Carey Mulligan

  Character, Order, Trying

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• One of the most consistent findings about low performing schools and students is that "home variables" (parental income and education, etc.) are more predictive than "school variables." But, having said that, we as a society can have much more effect on the school variables than on the home variables, so it's important and valuable to focus on the question of which interventions in schools are most effective and which are least effective.

  Nicholas Lemann

  Home, School, Focus

  "Ask the Author Live: Nicholas Lemann on Higher Education". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. September 20, 2010.

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• Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness.... Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile.... Not a single one but has at some time wept.

  H. G. Wells

  Noble, Trustworthy, Form

  H. G. Wells (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of H. G. Wells (Illustrated)”, p.10933, Delphi Classics

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• Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of "evil," regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are "extreme" - i.e., consistent).

  Ayn Rand

  Issues, Evil, Term

  Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (1965). “The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism”

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• If C++ has taught me one thing, it's this: Just because the system is consistent doesn't mean it's not the work of Satan.

  Andrew Plotkin

  Mean, Taught, Satan

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• I think there's a need for somewhat of a mindset change. We need to have a consistent external focus. We've always had the research labs. We've always had the resources to be innovative, and we've been innovative in a number of businesses. But, in any big company, you have to constantly push people to look at markets and customers, rather than look internally at themselves.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Thinking, Numbers, People

  "Online Extra: Jeff Immelt on Taking 'Swings'". Interview with Diane Brady, www.bloomberg.com. March 28, 2005.

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• I've been streaky throughout my career, but I've been trying to become a more consistent hitter.

  Travis Hafner

  Careers, Trying

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• I don't really set personal goals for home runs or anything like that. However many I hit, I hit. If I'm making consistent contact and hitting the ball hard, then I will hit home runs.

  Justin Morneau

  Running, Home, Goal

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• The most difficult thing in baseball is to be consistent. You can have one good year, but if the next is bad you're defrauding everyone.

  Francisco Rodriguez

  Baseball, Good Years, Next

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• The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach .

  Ian Kinsler

  Running, Nice, Home

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• The shell game that we play ... is technically called 'renormalization'. But no matter how clever the word, it is still what I would call a dippy process! Having to resort to such hocus-pocus has prevented us from proving that the theory of quantum electrodynamics is mathematically self-consistent. It's surprising that the theory still hasn't been proved self-consistent one way or the other by now; I suspect that renormalization is not mathematically legitimate.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Clever, Self, Games

  Richard P. Feynman (2014). “QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter”, p.128, Princeton University Press

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• The only force that can sustain true and consistent courage is some form of spiritual belief that values like honor, duty, loyalty and integrity above the status, power, money and even security.

  Michael Josephson

  Loyalty, Spiritual, Integrity

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• Some jobs require a more consistent challenge to moral courage than others. Politics is one. In such a setting terrifically good men and women will still be found wanting occasionally. No one does the right thing all the time. It would be more generous and fair to consider their batting average than to judge them only by their last worst act.

  Michael Josephson

  Jobs, Men, Average

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• Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.

  Harvey Mackay

  Moral, Persistent, Ifs

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• I had a teacher who said something great. That was, 'Go out and collect your nos. Once you get fifty nos then you can start wondering when you can get a yes.' He said, 'It is not your job to get the job; its your job to do a consistent body of work. So, every time you go in there, just go in there and be consistent, and eventually it will get noticed and someone will hire you.'

  Jenna Fischer

  Teacher, Jobs, Body

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• You get paid consistent with your ability to solve problems.

  Ron Willingham

  Problem, Ability, Solve

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• You'll see a consistent, like the tea, the tea bags you saw there-you'll see a consistent-did you see the cafeteria? I mean the diner?

  Antoine Fuqua

  Mean, Tea, Bags

  "Director Antoine Fuqua Talks THE EQUALIZER, Westerns, the Hard R Rating, Changes from the 80s Series, and More on Set". Group interview, collider.com. August 25, 2014.

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• In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.

  Emmitt Smith

  Order, Achieve, Great Things

  "Smith has record in sight". Scott Ferrell, The Times, August 30, 2002.

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• Consistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced by tough competition. If a player needed me to light a fire under him by turning the other team into a demon, he was lacking something I couldn't give him.

  Bill Walsh

  Motivation, Team, Player

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.116, Penguin

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• URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, "I beg your pardon," and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others.

  Ambrose Bierce

  New York, Rights, Expression

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2534, Delphi Classics

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• Living the Christian life is also challenging but for different reasons. The same desire to do well exists - to live a consistent life that honors and pleases the Lord. The big difference is that God isn't evaluating my actions and basing His love on how well I 'perform'. His love for me is unconditional. Even when I mess up He doesn't threaten to trade me off His team.

  Lance Berkman

  Christian, Team, Trade Me

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• Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

  Billy Graham

  Integrity, Mean, Life Is

  Billy Graham (2007). “The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World”, p.189, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Prayerless leaders are like ship captains without compasses; they can make their best guess at which direction to go, but they have no assurance they are heading the right way. Prayer keeps leaders focused on the one absolutely consistent factor in life - God.

  Henry Blackaby

  Prayer, Leader, Way

  Henry Blackaby, Henry T. Blackaby, Richard Blackaby (2011). “Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda”, p.221, B&H Publishing Group

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