J. I. Packer Quotes
I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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In 1997, I, along with 200 other young ophthalmologists formed the National Board of Ophthalmology to protest the American Board of Ophthalmology's decision to grandfather in the older ophthalmologists and not require them to recertify.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
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Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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If birth matters, midwives matter. In Europe, there are hospitals where the cesarean rate is less than 10%, and you'll find midwives in these hospitals, you'll see a lot less re-admissions with infections and complications, and you'll see a lot less injury to mothers.
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As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.
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I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.
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I'm gonna make my records, whether I release them as Bleachers or something else.
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I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to read that didn't excite me and didn't even remotely connect to the realities of my life.
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All I can do is put out the good stuff, and people will make the decision on whether they like it. My fans are very intelligent people. They're not stupid. They know what's good.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
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I moved from New York to El Paso in 2015, just before my senior year. I was super nervous. My mom, she's in the Army, and she got stationed at Fort Bliss. We packed everything up and drove all the way to El Paso.
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If you really want to hurt, find someone who loves you.
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In terms of style, I think the memoirist should have a novelist's skill and all the elements of a novelist's toolbox. When I read a memoir, I want to really, deeply experience what the author experienced. I want to see the characters and hear the way they speak and understand how they think. And so in that way, writing a memoir feels similar to writing a novel.
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Boxing combines, in perfect proportion, strength, speed, and endurance. Normally, most sports are either about one of the three: either about speed or endurance or strength. Boxing combines all three of them. It's really intense.
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I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.
