J. I. Packer Quotes
The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living
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I don't wear a lot of color because I live in New York, and I'm sort of color-blind, so colors don't match to me a lot of the times, and it makes me anxious. So I'll always defer back to black.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions and sundries on my bicycle to customers who called in orders.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
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I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.
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My father died when I was only five years old, and that was the moment when I learned a cruel lesson that tomorrow, in fact, might not be another day.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
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Whereas students minds used to be the chief concern of colleges and universities, it is now more their bank accounts (more accurately, that of their parents and of the taxpayers). If students happen to learn anything useful while enrolled, that's good, but if not, as long as they've paid their bills, that's not the university's problem.
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The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down on the paper. I have an image in mind, but the results always surprise me.
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I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.
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Work hard, put maximum effort, and have a good attitude. Most importantly never give up.
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The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living
