I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
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My brain sang a rhythm I never dreamt to sing, "I will be gay and laugh and sing, he is going away."
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Matthew 15:21:
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
(NIV)
And going away from there, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
(AMP)
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
(KJV)
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My brain sang a rhythm I never dreamt to sing, 'I will be gay and laugh and sing, he is going away.'
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John 16:7:
But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
(NIV)
However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you].
(AMP)
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
(KJV)
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You often get a better hold upon a problem by going away from it for a time and dismissing it from your mind altogether.
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Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion.
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John 14:28:
'You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.'
(NIV)
You heard Me tell you, I am going away and I am coming [back] to you. If you [really] loved Me, you would have been glad, because I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater and mightier than I am.
(AMP)
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
(KJV)
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It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you're going away.
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John 14:2:
My Father's house has plenty of room; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
(NIV)
In My Father's house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you.
(AMP)
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
(KJV)
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