John Piper (John Stephen Piper) Quotes
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.
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When I walked in to read with Edie Falco, it was nice, because I auditioned in New York, and it was very quick. You walk in, there's Edie, the producers, the director, and a camera. I read three scenes, and it was done.
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I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.
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I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a female or a goat - and everybody can relate to that.
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I don't even make multiplayer games much, so dealing with multiple characters is something new for me – or, rather, something I've had to recall from my days as a roleplaying adventure designer where the party was everything!
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In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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Most of my work is based in Hyderabad, so it makes sense that I own a house here. Another reason I want a home here is because I want to have my own kitchen so that I can cook, since I hate food from hotels.
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I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.
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I have a coach but there's nobody at my level in Gaza. I have to do most of my training sessions on my own.
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I feel I belong in the movie business and I belong in the security business. It's a natural for me.
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Ideas come from all over, but as I write more and more, I find I'm always hunting for mood: I want to write a novel with a pervasive mood that sticks with you after you close the cover.
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Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
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My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
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I think every single girl has something different and special about her. You find one who clicks with your vibe.
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We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
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The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations.
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It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
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Librarying is a harder profession than the public realizes, he said. People think it's all rubber stamps, knowing that Dewey 521 is celestial mechanics and saying 'Try looking under fiction' sixty eight times a day.
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Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections.
