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 was inspired to spend an entire year - my 65th year - reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu's messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.
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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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If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.
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I just want to be a spokesperson for the people.
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Just as words have two functions - information and creation - so each human mind has two personalities, one on the surface, one deeper down. The upper personality... is conscious and alert... The lower personality is a... perfect fool, but without it there is no literature.
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This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad.
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My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.
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The only way to get a good crew is to marry one.
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The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.