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.
A. N. Wilson -
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.
Zig Ziglar -
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.
Flavor Flav -
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.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.
Patricia Highsmith -
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.
Sam Smith
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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!
Warren Spector -
In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.
Yasser Arafat -
This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
Pam Grier -
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.
Rakul Preet Singh -
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.
Nader al-Masri -
I feel I belong in the movie business and I belong in the security business. It's a natural for me.
Sam J. Jones
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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.
Maggie Stiefvater -
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Rabindranath Tagore -
My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
Adam Driver -
I think every single girl has something different and special about her. You find one who clicks with your vibe.
Zac Efron -
Historically, aggression unanswered has led to more aggression.
Jack Keane -
I don't really think, I just walk.
Paris Hilton
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I'm extremely grateful to all the first responders, veterans and their families for all their sacrifices.
Taya Kyle -
There was a day when I liked writing letters -- it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains.
Virginia Woolf -
Varieties of angels, like varieties of love, are many.
Aberjhani -
I was amazed to realize that for many Westerners, Scheherezade was considered a lovely but simple-minded entertainer, someone who relates innocuous tales and dresses fabulously. In our part of the world, Scheherezade is perceived as a courageous heroine and is one of our rare female mythological figures.
Fatema Mernissi -
When you have a special gift you don’t realize it because you think everyone else has the same gift.
Michael Jackson -
Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections.
John Piper