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“Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile.”
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“I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.”
Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers
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“We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?”
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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“Big guys like you and me aren't allowed to whine.”
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“If you want to know why you didn't make a boat -- I'll tell you. You're just out there hammering the water. You're killing fish, not rowing.”
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“you're rowing by wordlight”
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“Everything comes to the man who won't wait.”
Source : Ada Leverson (2012). “Tenterhooks”, p.58, tredition
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“A friend of mine always says, ‘Women love me for the man I’m not.’”
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“The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.”
