J. I. Packer Quotes
Every time we mention God we become theologians, and the only question is whether we are going to be good ones or bad ones.
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I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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When I'm governor, we're not going to be silent like Bruce Rauner. Illinois will be a firewall against Donald Trump's destructive and bigoted agenda.
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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
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I always love China, especially the old China.
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In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.
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Crocker's Rules didn't give you the right to say anything offensive, but other people could say potentially offensive things to you, and it was your responsibility not to be offended. This was surprisingly hard to explain to people; many people would read the careful explanation and hear, 'Crocker's Rules mean you can say offensive things to other people.'
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Every time we mention God we become theologians, and the only question is whether we are going to be good ones or bad ones.
