J. I. Packer Quotes
If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and straightforwardness of the Bible ... At all costs I should want to keep them from using their minds in a disciplined way to get the measure of its message.
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.
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I got divorced, which was not a good thing for a revivalist minister. It did not go down well. I'd already been banned from a couple churches for my jokes. So one day I woke up and decided it was time to start living for myself.
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Had 'Dhruva' not succeeded, I don't mind calling these films experimental.
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
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Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand.
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There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these are books for adults. Actually, they're just stories, and if they're good stories, then they surpass those boundaries.
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Coney Island is and always will be 'the people's playground.' It's a place where people of all backgrounds come to have a good time.
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Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying.
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I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger... so literally, you've played two balls.
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Nothing that I can do or say will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help the greatest of all causes — good will among men and peace on earth.
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Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis.
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Personality always wins the day.
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It sounds a bit sad, but my new hobby is knitting. I love it. I find it really relaxing.
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I never want to set a belief that a woman has to direct a woman's film, meaning she can't direct a man's film. If only films can be directed by people who are exactly the same as that, it's only gonna limit all of the women more.
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If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and straightforwardness of the Bible ... At all costs I should want to keep them from using their minds in a disciplined way to get the measure of its message.
