J. I. Packer Quotes
Repentance means turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of your God, and as our knowledge grows at these three points so our practice of repentance has to be enlarged.
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At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talking to Angelina Jolie!' And then, within a matter of five minutes, you're like, 'Oh, I'm just talking to my director,' and it's just back to work. She really is all about the work. She's so surprisingly down-to-earth.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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I need instant gratification.
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The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own reality enters into it. Our reality alone allows the thinker's questions to become comprehensible.
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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I believe the second largest concern in the community, besides moving out of downtown, is fragmenting the county services. People want one-stop shopping. People like all their service related things together, and we need to think about simplifying not fragmenting that. I've talked with several judges and they would like to see the courts together with a common jury pool.
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You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
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The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.
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Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking.
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Repentance means turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of your God, and as our knowledge grows at these three points so our practice of repentance has to be enlarged.
