J. I. Packer Quotes
God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
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It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
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I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stuff that's not needed.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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I would go home and be this insular girl who listened to music and brooded in her bedroom.
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Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.
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I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.
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I think everybody feels their pregnancy differently, and for me, I was so in work mode.
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Online, I would never friend a random cute guy on Facebook or start liking his pictures on Instagram - even if I had a crush on him. But with Tinder, it's like following or friending each other at the same time. The risk of revealing your feelings is removed.
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The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.
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Woman was God's second mistake.
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God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.
