Famous Quotes & Sayings

Justin Johnson

The misconception is that icons are worshipped when in actuality they are venerated, a way of making an environment more conducive for worshipping. This is how the Orthodox Church supports the creation and use of icons within the church.

You've had not only a steady rise in actual oil and gas prices, but you have had a steady rise in the expected oil and gas prices by the companies. Spending plans appear to be robust.

You're always trying to tell a story in the first person. What we're seeing now though is instead of a rhyme at a local performance or an album that comes out and makes some national waves, we're seeing this translated into an actual Hollywood film and a video game.

This budget also is committed to fiscal discipline. It holds government spending below the level of inflation. In the non-security, non-homeland security area it reduces actual spending. And it's consistent with the president's commitment to cut the deficit in half by the time he leaves office.

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This actual question of 'Why does God allow war?' is not considered or raised as such in the Bible at all.

This is a demographic that is very used to listening to digital music. What is a little surprising about it is the actual purchases that are occurring. Generally the under-25 set goes to file sharing before legitimate download services.

They're trying to create the impression that they are cutting back more than they are. Even assuming full compliance the actual cut would probably only be 800,000 bpd.

They thought that they were possibly going to have to do excavation because they are trying to figure out what the actual source is.

They said they were building the lineup around me, so they wanted to keep me in the mix. We have some genuine, authentic, actual ballplayers.

A lot of people don't understand that the ISM number is not actually an output number. It's the equivalent of consumer confidence, but for businesses. So certainly outlook has improved, but it remains to be seen how clearly that will translate into actual activity.

This more detailed analysis shows that direct personal interventions and a high visibility of the actual candidates themselves in their wards are likely to be more powerful as a driver to persuade people to vote than less personal communications such as those from party communication vehicles.

There was some anticipation that the number might be positive, lifting some machinery stocks, but when the actual figure came in, those shares fell.

There were actually about 12 of us sitting there, so the actual chances of making the team as a wide receiver were not that great, ... The way the numbers were working and we had three NFL Europe guys that were exempt from the first cut, so it was surprising but at the same time, it's a business.

There were a couple of standout performers. In terms of the actual figures you've got to look at HSBC and in terms of representing what may be a pivotal point in its relationship with the City you'd look at RBS.

There were some that were really cool. Some of them came in with actual drawings, which was great because it gave us a good idea of what they are capable of.

There is no way that you can get actual justice, per se, because you can't have Stephanie's life back and trade Stephanie's life for this man's life, who has no value. And that to me is the only justice. And you can't have that.

Joe Thomas

There's a lack of disclosure in the city, information about where our funding is going, actual costs. I think those things need to be opened up.

The release of strategic reserves contains a very large component of unneeded crude oil and does little to directly impact on the actual supply gap of U.S. oil products.

This is the theater of the absurd. We've said all along the governor had to have a plan. When you have an actual plan, you have a funding source, a mechanism by which to repay the bonds. . . . This governor has none of the above.

They have taken a decision as vile and sinister as the actual act of terrorism. Once more the U.S. government has been unmasked as a farce in the war on terrorism,

There's a whole bunch of lessons to be learned about the actual physical construction of this system. Do we even need canals? Why not just build 20-foot-wide pipelines to the lake to act as conduits for storm water?

There's cost involved there. There's labor hours, maintenance, wear and tear on the machines, there's fuel costs that's involved and that's every call whether it's an actual emergency or a false call.

There's always a place for actual tactile shopping.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.

Kelli O'Hara

There is such a cliche to certain roles that all I can do is to try to make them realistic and work for the times, and so the audience actually won't see me as a caricature of something, but rather as an actual person.

Maria Sharapova

There was a lot of rustiness, ... The first match (after a layoff) is always tough. You practice hard and work on a lot of things, but the actual competition is totally different. I was just trying to get in a groove, get my feet wet.

Henrik Fisker

You need to focus on creating the actual value of the company, not just the theoretical value. The actual value comes from a great product that sells well and is ultimately profitable.

You need to convince the international community that there is a looming crisis before there are pictures of starving babies. What we're seeing, emergency after emergency, is that the international community does not get mobilized before there is an actual crisis.

Maria Sharapova

You practice hard and work on a lot of things, but the actual competition is totally different. I was just trying to get in a groove.

This is economic revision makes the figure closer (to actual GDP), but still there is underestimation.

This is going to be more noise than actual effect on Given.

This is a normal diesel engine in this Jetta. What we've done is in the rear of the vehicle we've put a separate fuel tank that holds the french fry oil. That is transported to the front through these heated lines that use the actual engine heat to heat it. It comes through the filter which is also heated into the valve.