J. I. Packer Quotes
But to read all Scripture narratives as if they were eye-witness reports in a modern newspaper, and to ignore the poetic and imaginative form in which they are sometimes couched, would be no less a violation of the canons of evangelical literalism than the allegorizing of the Scholastics was.
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I think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could have the power and pride to benefit from what is rightfully ours. Why isn't there an enormous building in Washington called the 'National Association of Lesbian and Gay Concerns' to lobby for us?
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I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.
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Ninja is super-ambitious - more than I am.
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I believe in any country, matters that relate to its territory would, of course, provoke strong sentiments amongst the people of that country.
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I think I was a Japanese schoolgirl in another life. That's how much I love Hello Kitty.
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Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.
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If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.
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Heroes and victims are the product of the mood they were in when opportunity came or when circumstances were at their worst.
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Which is the greater wrong? To hurt the unforgiving one, or hurt the one who has forgiven all?
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Saw your face, My hand you took Just like in a story book, And you got me Yeah, you‘ve got me
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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It is undeniably easier to ignore the hardships of those who are too weak to demand their rights than to respond sensitively to their needs. To care is to accept responsibility, to dare to act in accordance with the dictum that the ruler is the strength of the helpless.
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I love writing novels, even if only a few thousand people read them. Here's my soul; I hope it appeals to your soul.
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A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives.
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But to read all Scripture narratives as if they were eye-witness reports in a modern newspaper, and to ignore the poetic and imaginative form in which they are sometimes couched, would be no less a violation of the canons of evangelical literalism than the allegorizing of the Scholastics was.
