John Piper (John Stephen Piper) Quotes
The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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I went down to Venezuela and ended up renting a helicopter and flew with my sons to the tops of the tepuis, these freestanding jungle mesas, 'lost worlds' as it were. In fact, it's almost impossible to access them without one. So we were able to land and spend some time there. We were trapped for about six hours by clouds that came in.
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In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
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You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.
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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
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The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.
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As aromatic plants bestowNo spicy fragrance while they grow;But crush'd or trodden to the ground,Diffuse their balmy sweets around.
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Them that's got shall get Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own.
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When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave déjà vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal.
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I love listening to classical music.
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For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.
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The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from strife and no harbor from terror.
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Thinking about the future is fundamentally important to dealing with the challenges of today.
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I always dreamed of being a voice in a Disney movie, and even in those dreams, I never once dreamed of being a princess. I just wanted to be a voice.
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I just want to be a spokesperson for the people.
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I'm not the best auditioner.
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It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get excited when the results were pleasing. He still struggled like we all do in the darkroom and he struggled behind the camera, and when he had a success he was beaming.
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Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks.
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People are moved by my story, but they're only moved by my story because of what I do on the court.
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The only time it dominates is during a solo, or when we play a low blues and I put figures in behind Eric's vocals. There's never any real problem fitting guitar and organ together.
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I remember one day during my freshman year of high school, when as usual I was obsessively listening to a cast recording: it may have been 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' And I remember sitting there, totally absorbed, saying to myself, 'I can do this.'
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There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.
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The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.
