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Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder.

Boulder Bush Deep Dig
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“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

Adjust Changing Times Hold
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I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.

Am Beasts Become Bread
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You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment.

Apostles Bishop Christ Commandment
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I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way... Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God.

Am Beasts Churches Die
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I think one of the reasons that I got so good at it, as somebody making radio stories, is that on the radio I can actually - I can understand what's happening in the interview and can make a connection in a way that makes sense.

Actually Connection Good Got
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When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio.

Big Crawl Cross Four
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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.

About American American American Life
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I've actually done events at radio stations where I feel like I've had to give a little talk in behalf of television as a medium.

Actually Behalf Done Events
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It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke.

Almost Any Believe Call
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If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do.

About Batting Get Give
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I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.

About Edit Everything Influenced
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I don't go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.

Being Fact Go Great
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I don't hate women - they just sometimes make me mad.

Don't Hate Women They
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I read the newspaper, but I live in my own little bubble.

Bubble Little Live My Own
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Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it.

Aware Because Broadcast Corny
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.

American Anymore Barely Best
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For me to do a story, something has to happen to someone. It's a story in the way you learn what a story is in third grade, where there is a person, and things happen to them, and then something big happens, and they realize something new.

Big Grade Happen Happens
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Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.

Adequate Best Difficult Editing
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The radio is good for taking somebody else's experience and making you understand what it would be like. Because when you don't see someone, but you hear them talking - and, uh, that is what radio is all about - it's like when someone is talking from the heart. Everything about it conspires to take you into somebody else's world.

About Because Conspires Else
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Radio is more powerful the closer we mimic the way we actually speak to each other. That's why Howard Stern is such a great radio talent. People on his show are actually speaking to each other. You might not like what they're saying, but they're real conversations.

Actually Closer Conversations Each
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot. But a lot of effective and interesting radio is based on one character who reacts to the world.

Based Best Big Character
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My first job on the radio was writing jokes for a Baltimore DJ called Johnny Walker, who was sort of a '70s era shock jock who all the teenage boys listened to in my school.

Baltimore Boy DJ Era
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Now that I understand that I'm an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

Now That Understand Addict
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Covid-19 has one clear message to the leaders and the led; No where to run to and no place to hide, except your home.

Leaders Home Run to Covid-19
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That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.

Crowd Day Day-To-Day Happens
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Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me.

Adventure God Grew Loving
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.

Done Grammar Life Made
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I loved Old School. I thought Old School was very different than a lot of the comedies that had come out. And that character I liked. I tried to ground him very much in reality and play him very much finding things important to him that are somewhat ridiculous.

Character Come Comedies Different
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Offset's the animal out the group. But he ain't no bad guy.

Offset The Animal Out
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All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading... freedom struggles and so on.

People Freedom Heroes Story
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I ain't going to sit here like, 'My neighborhood was hard, and I had to get out there and grind.' We made it hard for ourselves. We chose to stay on the streets.

Ain't Going Sit Here
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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

Accept Change Curious Myself
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Reading is a possession, a march toward a possession.

Reading Possession March
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I am more and more convinced that literature is made up of works, genres, schools, discussions, problems, collective work in order to solve certain problems.

Convinced Literature Made Works
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The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true.

Leads Acquire Facts Bit
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Girls always make our music go. They set the trends. It starts with the ladies.

Music Girls Always Make
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Men always like what the ladies like.

Men Love Always Like
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I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.

Always Aspect Because Celebrity
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The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead.
Been Book Last Life
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Once you attain business success, proposals will come. This will broaden your business horizon and give you new ideas and opportunities.

Business Success Proposals Ideas
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What a man really need in life is to break the barriers of limitations and achieve his dreams. With this, you can ride the storms of life without losing your head.

Life Barriers Limitations Dreams
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Focus on one business idea at a time. Perfect the model before adding on the next one.
Focus Business Perfect Model
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Business leaders must focus on developing talents and coaching for future leadership roles.

Leaders Developing Talents Coaching
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I'm not a big gadget guy. When I write, I'll do the whole thing by hand, and then I'll put it into the computer.

Big Computer Gadget Guy
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I love Snoop. I worked with him on 'Old School,' and he's very accessible. He's very kind. He's always nice to everyone, to the crew. He's always got something positive to say. He's very childlike and loves to come and play. So, I had fun working with him.

Accessible Always Childlike Come
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I've never been big on cars. When I first got to Hollywood, I bought a used car from Avis. I drove that until I almost had to pay someone to tow it away.

Almost Away Been Big
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The people we grew up watching and listening to - Outkast, Gucci Mane, Hot Boys, Lil Wayne, Master P - all that type of stuff, we took those styles and made it our own.

The People We Grew
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In ninth grade, I played wide receiver.

Ninth Grade Played Wide
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The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.

Dictionary Earlier Help Poets
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