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Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing i

Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to operate the zoo, and the inmates are taking over the asylum. – Vance Havner

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When I pastored a country church, a farmer didnt like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus. I said, Thats where I got my information about hell. – Vance Havner

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Hell
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Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, Shake well before using. That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable. – Vance Havner

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God
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps — we must step up the stairs. – Vance Havner

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Action
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The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven. – Cyril Connolly

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Civilization

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Civilization

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering the prisons. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Civilization

Progress may have been all right once, but it went on too long… – Ogden Nash, “Come, Come, Kerouac! My Generation is Beater Than Yours,” New Yorke

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Civilization

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Experience is a great teacher. – John Legend

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I dont work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I cant refuse – and Im not talking about money. – Michael Caine

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If you could travel back in time to the present moment, what would you do differently? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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One of the things about leadership is that youve got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States youve got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position. – Tim Pawlenty

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