Boyd K. Packer Quotes
If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
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First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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the ends never justify the means because IT never ends.
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Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they?
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Is it conceivable that mysticism is a mark of inadequate art?
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All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.
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Don't believe everything you hear on the street.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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When people talk about the great quarterbacks, it's almost exclusively the guys who have won Super Bowls. There have been some very good ones who hardly get mentioned because they never won the big one. I don't know if that's fair, but that's the way it is.
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There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.
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The press should not get special privileges - if they drive recklessly or put people in danger, they should be subject to every reckless driving and endangerment law on the books - but they should also not be singled out for special punishment.
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'It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice, but the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.'
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There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.
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The knife is the most permanent, the most immortal, the most ingenious of man's creations. The knife was a guillotine; the knife is a universal means of resolving all knots.
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.
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I push my ice cream dish away. What's left in the bowl isn't cold and delicious anymore. Now it's just lukewarm, melted soup, because obviously nothing good lasts forever.
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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
