J. I. Packer Quotes
The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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My hunger is always there.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.
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Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.
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Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!
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I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.
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Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
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It's really important to recognize that family life in America has changed pretty dramatically.
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I call Iran home because no matter how long I live in France, and despite the fact that I feel also French after all these years, to me the word 'home' has only one meaning: Iran. I suppose it's that way for everyone: Home is the place where one is born and raised.
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All my life, I will continue obstinately to write about love, solitude and passion among the kind of people I know. The rest don't interest me.
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Your life's short, don't ever question the length / It's cool to cry, don't ever question your strength.
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Content is an obstacle to the exercise of power.
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The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.
