J. I. Packer Quotes
If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it's bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited.
Quotes to Explore
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The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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I imagine that yes is the only living thing.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
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Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.
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I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn't know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car.
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McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
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I like to post positive content, and I like to try and make people smile. That's why those videos are popular. I don't fake it.
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I grew up in New York City. In elementary school, I was a charter member of the Scribble Scrabble Club, and in high school, my poems were published in an anthology of student poetry.
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Even if you live in a tiny village, there's an Internet site. It's quite easy to find clothes, but sometimes women don't know how to mix them.
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I write 1,000-1,500 words. The next day, I rewrite it and add 1,000-1,500 words to the end of it.
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I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.
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It's always fun to agree to be in a movie when you have no idea what it's actually going to be!
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If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.
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What we are trying to do is to look at all of those resources and say, well, would they be better spent on just advocacy and information, or can we make savings out of that and redirect them into savings.
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You learn emotional experiences as much as you learn cognitive experiences, except that they are more unconscious. Sometimes one represses the cognitive component of it, but it's often more difficult to repress the emotional component.
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Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it's bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited.
