For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a godly person. Yet when I look at the yesterdays of my life, what I see, mostly, is a broken, irregular path littered with mistakes and failure. I have had temporary successes and isolated moments of closeness to God, but I long for the continuing presence of Jesus.
I’ve always been cast in authority roles; I think because I have that presence… Comedically, I can play against that pretty well. I enjoy playing that arrogant ignorance. That’s one of my favorite games to play in comedy.
He was a physically imposing presence – 6 feet tall and very broad in the shoulders – and an imposing intellectual presence as well. Whenever he was in a group, he dominated it.
When you’re smaller and leaner, you’re not going to have that large a presence throughout the world.
Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.
I am fortunate enough to find opportunities that have a lot of presence.
One of the annoyances of working for The Guardian is that, obsessed as the organisation is with its digital and social media presence and its own sense of singular importance, editors would militantly try to edit your tweets.
Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn’t ignore it. He walked onstage, he looked dangerous. You just didn’t know what he was going to do.
I told God, ‘I don’t want a man. I don’t want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.’ And God gave it to me.
As we formulate big four matches, there should definitely be a lucha presence involved.
Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible… Her presence on screen is outstanding.
China has become a major presence for most countries around the world but notably for its neighboring countries in Asia. So I think it is a common position for Japan and its Asian neighbors that we certainly would strive to maintain as much as possible friendly relations with China.
In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.
So, whenever I’m writing, I’m writing in the presence of all the other books I’ve read and I think we all are.
There will always be a certain segment of the population who turns on an NBA game or turns on a college game and hears my voice and objects to my presence. I’ve conceded that. I can’t please everybody. I don’t even try.’
When I first came to comics, it was, like, dudes. The feeling, the air, the presence is overwhelmingly male.
If we don’t bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence, instead of a speaking presence.
Twitter is worth it if you like tweeting. Same is true of Facebook. Or Pinterest. Nothing wrong with having a social presence.
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.
The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom.
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.
Being able to have a laboratory on Mars, being able to have some sort of sustained human presence on Mars in the future, I think, is critically important for science.
We should always remember that it is by His invitation that we come to His holy house, the temple of the Lord. We should respond to His invitation by being worthy, by being prepared, and by having the temple as a priority in our lives. While in the temple we should act as if we are in His holy presence.
I choose to live in a positive world and a positive presence.
It is important as a bowler that you always need to have a presence. If you lose that you lose quite a bit, a big part of your armoury. It comes naturally with me, and at times it is a huge advantage. I don’t want to lose it. I want to keep getting wickets.
Richard Gere’s got this very old-school Hollywood charm. He has a presence that when he’s in a room you just feel him. I mean, I’m married, but he’s sexy!
I’m even a little afraid of the dark. If I’m alone in the dark I’ll sometimes feel that there’s a presence behind me and I’ll even be afraid to turn around, but then if I do get the courage to turn around, I’ll just be scared that whatever was there has just jumped over to the other side of me.
So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula.
A lot of people just think I’m a big man, but I’m a basketball player. I am able to do everything that a basketball player can do – from playmaking and scoring to just passing the ball and just being a leader and post presence.
Now, I realise that love is peace. Love is when you are with somebody, and it’s okay, and you don’t have to talk. Their presence is important.
The Bible, that powerful book, has many effects: it comforts, counsels, instructs, and brings us into the presence of God. But trying to erase offense as one of its functions is a fundamentally misguided task.
I will always have two regrets. I don’t have a presence in London, and I would have liked to have done more work in the Middle East.
All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence of others in my house kind of annoys me. I love coming home and shutting the doors. I feel brain dead. I’m relatively available, but not to live with.
Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I’m referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man.
It’s truly a new day ever since we graced the WWE Universe with our presence. Every time we come out there, you see us being funny, having fun, entertaining people and, of course, preaching the power of positivity. That’s what New Day is all about.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
It’s a really paradoxical thing. We want to think big, but start small. And then scale fast. People think about trying to build the next Facebook as trying to start where Facebook is today, as a major global presence.
I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I’m still here… Not a day goes by that I don’t think about Sam Cooke. His presence is so strong and so convincing to me, a true artist, a true talent, who never talked down to people.
I went to New York for work. I was at baggage claim, and I had my headphones on, and I was waiting for my bag to come out. I feel a presence approach me, and without even knowing, I had to side step and take my headphones off, and there’s, like, four people looking at me.
Orange juice from concentrate is labeled. Food coloring Red #5 is labeled. Fish are labeled as to whether they’ve been previously frozen. To a consumer, there’s no plausible reason why these factors should be on a food ingredient label while the presence of GMOs shouldn’t be.
I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.
The Church is the safe place to be. I can safely believe everything the Church teaches. It will not harm me, and in fact it will equip me to grow and grow and have a better and better ability to experience that direct presence.
Whenever I think of my birthplace, Walton-on-Thames, my reference first and foremost is the river. I love the smell of the river; love its history, its gentleness. I was aware of its presence from my earliest years. Its majesty centered me, calmed me, was a solace to a certain extent.
O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you.
In practice, I’ve had a presence in China since 1998 with my commercial spaces and shops.
Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended.
The power of being in the physical presence of another person delivers real benefits.
In Paris, there has to be a presence. History becomes the most interesting when it’s compared to the present. I mean there’s a whole group of people that want to build new buildings that look like old buildings.
It’s not about scoring, it’s having that presence out there and managing the game and getting everyone involved.
A military presence does not need to be used to be useful.
I have experienced power as a journalist. On three different occasions, when I wrote about individual immigrants or refugees, the article – or, in one case, my presence in the courtroom – appeared to positively change the outcome of their cases.
I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
We convince by our presence.
Don’t try to kid yourself that your game is about pace if it isn’t. If you’re a big guy like me you need to look at how similarly built players use that physical presence to influence a game. Accept that your build may have some limitations – but plenty of plus points too.
