J. I. Packer Quotes
In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.
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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.
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I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.
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The only people that have ever fought ISIS in Syria is not the regime; it is the Free Syrian Army.
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Well, the thing about my high school, which I loved, is that we had uniforms. But whenever we had a free dress day, it was prep-ville, with sweater vests and polo shirts and khakis and Dockers.
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It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.'
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For centuries, building materials were free. You want to build a house, you cut down some trees. But we haven't been thinking about the cost to the planet.
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You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talking about is - if you give people what they want, how they want it and when they want it, they're more likely to pay for it.
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Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.
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Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.
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A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.
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My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.
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My sense is that the majority of Conservatives share my reservations about how we got into Iraq.
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True success is one of the greatest needs. Success is not something you stumble onto or come to by accident. It is something you must sincerely prepare for. Take a good look at successes, and you'll see he same consistent qualities all the time - qualities of one's character that make one strive for a goal with a standard of unmatched excellence.
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I was not a very good football player when I started out.
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Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!
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If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.
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In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.
