Doors Quotes - Page 26

• I thought in 1965 that my job was to convince most Americans to be against the war. So I spent summers knocking on doors, handing out literature, trying to talk to people who didn't agree with me, trying to get them to see the war was wrong. And by 1968 a majority of Americans did oppose the war.

  Bill Ayers

  Summer, Jobs, War

  "The Rumpus Long Interview with Bill Ayers". Interview with Scott Hutchins, therumpus.net. February 20, 2009.

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• I believe that being on that show [the Voice] and getting the exposure opened the door for me to get my name and music outside of Texas and the markets I was used to playing in. One of the bigger things that came about from being on the show was that I got on with Paradigm Booking Agency; one of my earlier problems was how hard it is to get booked if you don't have a good booking agency.

  Curtis Grimes

  Believe, Agency, Texas

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• Every day I get a choice. I can choose to go God's way or I can choose to go my own way or Satan's way or if I walk out of this door I don't know that I blame myself if my choice. .. because the bottom line is I want what I want what I want. ... People ask me what the greatest sin is. I feel the greatest sin is to want to be God: Pride, I want my own way. What it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ - give as much of yourself as you understand to as much of Jesus as you understand at that moment.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Mean, Pride

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• Stop being frightened. You only see a monster because they want you to see monsters everywhere. They've conditioned you to look for monsters in every shadow, every coat hung on every door. As long as we keep seeing monsters, we'll continue to need protection and that's how other people get to control our lives.

  Grant Morrison

  Long, People, Shadow

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• Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting.

  Kevin Hart

  Men, Acting, Different

  "Ice Cube and Kevin Hart pair up for a ride". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. January 17, 2014.

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• When war ends, women are the first to pick up the pieces. Where there is no market place, they go door to door. When homes are destroyed, mothers and daughters haul stones to rebuild or plow fields together.

  Zainab Salbi

  Daughter, Mother, War

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• The internet has opened the door for millions of businesses to do things differently, because there are other assets now, assets that can transcend location. Your permission to talk to customers, your reputation, your unique products-you can build a business around them online.

  Seth Godin

  Unique, Location, Reputation

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• "Compromise" means giving up more than the other side is big enough to take; if and when they have the muscle, they'll be back for more, regardless of what has been given up in an attempt to appear reasonable. You can't make a cur dog stay away from your back door by throwing an occasional bone at him.

  Neal Knox

  Dog, Giving Up, Mean

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• There was a point in my 40s when I went into the bathroom with a bottle of wine, locked the door, and said, 'I'm not coming out until I can totally accept the way that I look right now.'

  Sharon Stone

  Wine, Looks, Bottles

  "Sharon Stone, 56, Flaunts Bikini Bod & Talks Aging In Hollywood". toofab.com. February 18, 2014.

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• I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.

  J. G. Ballard

  Imagination, Mind, Pressure

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• There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.

  Andre Gide

  Law

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• For a devotee death opens door for liberation but for a non-devotee death is end of everything.

  Radhanath Swami

  Ends, Liberation, Devotee

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• I get very cranky when interrupted. I snap at people, sigh dramatically and slam my door shut.

  Margaret Maron

  People, Slam, Sigh

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• When we pray, we open the door for God to come into our problems and situations and work on them.

  Joyce Meyer

  Praying, Problem, Situation

  Twitter post from Aug 9, 2013

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• With every door that closes a new one opens.

  Alexander Graham Bell

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• When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars in which he perceived enemies, ingeniously rigged up a shotgun in his house, trained on the inside of his front door so as to widely distribute any intruder.

  Dick Cavett

  Kids, Car, House

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• I'm from the generation that had the boys' door and the girls' door when you went to school, and you got in big trouble if you went in the wrong one.

  Margaret Atwood

  Girl, School, Boys

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• Through dreams a door is opened to mythology, since myths are of the nature of dreams, and that, as dreams arise from an inward world unknown to waking consciousness, so do myths: so, indeed, does life.

  Joseph Campbell

  Dream, Doe, Inward

  Joseph Campbell, M. J. Abadie (1981). “The Mythic Image”, p.11, Princeton University Press

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• Good health! Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of your head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and never waste a minute thinking about your enemies.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Sunshine, Thinking About You, Soul

  Elbert Hubbard (2012). “Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors”, p.137, tredition

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• Confidently open your most intimate aspirations to the Love of Christ who waits for you in the Eucharist. You will receive the answer to all your worries and you will see with joy that the consistency of your life which He asks of you is the door to fulfill the noblest dreams of your youth.

  Pope John Paul II

  Dream, Worry, Joy

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• If you cannot sell, you cannot be an entrepreneur. If you cannot sell, you cannot raise money. if the thought of sales terrifies you, get a job at a dept. store and start there. Or get a job with a company like Xerox that requires that you go around to businesses and knock on doors. As your courage increases, you may want to try a company in network marketing or direct sales that is willing to train you.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Jobs, Entrepreneur, Marketing

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• There is an unknown room in the soul that is constantly turning the stuff of daydreams into myths for us, helping us to get at meaning we can't get to through the front door.

  Phil Cousineau

  Soul, Stuff, Rooms

  Phil Cousineau (2003). “Once and Future Myths: The Power of Ancient Stories in Our Lives”, p.20, Conari Press

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• No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open.

  Harvey Mackay

  Long, Treats, Determine

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• Look for your brushes with the divine. Be receptive to them. When heaven knocks, open the door. Value these visits. Remember them. Expect more of them.

  Victoria Moran

  Heaven, Looks, Remember

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• Speaking Spanish and Japanese has opened doors in my career and helped me bridge cultural differences, both in my personal and business life. During my football career I realised quickly what difference language skills can make

  Gary Lineker

  Football, Bridges, Skills

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