![You see, this people [Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, etc.] simply believed that God existed in the situation they were faced with, and they trusted Him rather than themselves. The result? God said, "That pleases Me." They were men and women just like you and I, which is the most encouraging part of all. We don't find golden haloes, or perfect backgrounds, or sinless lives, we just find people. People who failed, who struggled, who doubted, who experienced hard times and low times in which their faith was eclipsed by doubt. But their lives were basically characterized by faith.](/assets/img/quote-photos/you-see-this-people-noah-abraham-sarah-jacob-etc-simply-believed-that-god.jpg)
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hard-times california santa
One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts. Dennis Franz
hard-times trying littles
I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to say things. I'm a little exhausted by the process. Eddie Vedder
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Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. Charles Dickens
hard-times facts want
Now, what I want is, Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in life.
hard-times hard
I just have a hard time displaying things. Cary Fukunaga
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If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me. Bill Parcells
hard-times define-yourself having-a-hard-time
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please-me play consistency
I just do what I feel and what I like. I don't necessarily censor or feel an obligation to have a particular moral standard - I'm willing to wallow in the mud, if necessary. It appears as if there seems to be a consistency in result, but maybe that has as much to do with the roles I choose as it does with how I play them. I do what pleases me. Denzel Washington
please-me today world
The world today doesn't please me. Brigitte Bardot
please-me deeds good-deeds
I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me. Elie Wiesel
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I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof. Ricky Gervais
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please-me people please
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please-me belief easy
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