John Piper (John Stephen Piper) Quotes
There are many pointers in the Bible concerning the rightness, the goodness, the beauty, the justice, the preciousness of racial harmony and diversity.
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Every burn on my body has had its own different personality. And all of them needed different things.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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If you fire people, you fire customers.
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
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Terrorism cannot be isolated from its political, historical, and even social context.
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Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free speech' or 'due process' - or potato chip.
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I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter.
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That strain once more; it bids remembrance rise.
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The world is ever new to me; like an old friend loved through this and former lives, the acquaintance between us is both long and deep.
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National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.
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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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I didn't have to look like Jughead to have him be my favorite character.
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I buy Dries van Noten shoes. I love his clothes, too.
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I eat healthy, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy myself. I eat ice cream and chocolate, as my metabolism is pretty fast because I work out so much.
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A lot of comics make good actors. Actors make bad comics. They can't do it the other way round.
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In the current law we're seeing Social Security dwindle. And so what we're saying is if we're going to reduce taxes we just want to make sure that there are things within the law that pay for it.
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Honestly, I don't know what 'having it all' means. I do my best - that's what I want my daughters to see.
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Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
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During my years as a press secretary, I developed a powerful internal filter, which worked to strip all things 'off message' from my thoughts before they came out of my mouth. It didn't always work, of course, and I said more than a few things I regretted.
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If I try to understand what it means to be a Christian, I look at the two instructions that were given in the Bible that are paramount, and those are to love God with all your heart and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That's it.
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Cardio is tough after a day of skating, but with my iPod I can get into the moment and complete the cardio training for the day.
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There are many pointers in the Bible concerning the rightness, the goodness, the beauty, the justice, the preciousness of racial harmony and diversity.
