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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It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success.
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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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My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.
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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 never knew how good it is to be unknown until now. The last time I was unknown I was too busy trying to become known to realize the advantages of obscurity.
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I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.
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None of us can help the things life has done to us. They’re done before you realize it, and once they’re done they make you do other things until at last everything comes between you and what you’d like to be, and you’ve lost your true self forever.
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Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections.
