J. I. Packer Quotes
Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God.J. I. Packer
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
Zubin Mehta -
I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
Paloma Picasso -
I'm a breakfast type of guy. Don't get me wrong. I can cook, I'm kinda nice on the burner, but I enjoy making breakfast. I do it all... Scrambled eggs... French toast... Pancakes... Breakfast is my thing.
Ja Rule -
During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
Calamity Jane -
Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
Barry Zito -
Speech happens to not be his language.
Madame de Stael
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
Nas -
Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
Wayne McGregor -
Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
Nas -
In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
Zebulon Pike -
Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
O. J. Simpson
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
Iris Apfel -
As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
Gaby Hoffmann -
My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.
Ziggy Marley -
Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
Adam McKay -
I remember seeing 'Gremlins' and having my mind blown and seeing 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' at 13, and it was this hugely aspirational experience.
Edgar Wright -
I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
Earl Scruggs
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As women and men, we're not primed and taught to feel that women are as inspirational as men.
Jennifer Hyman -
Sadly, e-mail has triggered the decline of the handwritten note; I have seen its near-disappearance in my lifetime.
Jami Attenberg -
Those people that created the cultural Marxist thoughts, one guy by the name of Antonio Gramsci, very important within the Frankfurt School, argued against the concept of Marxist Leninism, in which it was basically the revolutionary spirit where someone would say we need to rile up the lower classes and have a revolution and take over the factories.
Andrew Breitbart -
I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.
Eddie Redmayne -
Great God, grant that twice two be not four.
Ivan Turgenev -
Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God.
J. I. Packer