John Piper Quotes

As a child and a teenager, my attitudes and actions assumed the superiority of my race in almost every way without knowing or wanting to know anybody who was black, except Lucy. Lucy came to our house on Saturdays to help my mother clean. I liked Lucy, but the whole structure of the relationship was demeaning.

John Piper

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There are early videos of me at three years old with a tiny guitar trying to sing 'Friends in Low Places' by Garth Brooks.

Jesse Plemons

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Children astound me with their inquisitive minds. The world is wide and mysterious to them, and as they piece together the puzzle of life, they ask 'Why?' ceaselessly.

John C. Maxwell

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I think one of my favorite productions ever was Sondheim's 'Assassins' at the Roundabout in 2004. Beyond brilliant.

Robert Lopez

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Work is my balm. I've just finished my work in Ketan Mehta's 'The Rising.' It's one of the best films I've done. Such a fabulous line-up of technicians and artistes. Above all, I got the privilege of working with Aamir Khan.

Amisha Patel

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The way a character looks reflects what's on the inside. I can make myself look really bad, and I can make myself look kind of gorgeous. It's not about me; it's about the character.

Toni Collette

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We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.

Rodney King

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An actor's career doesn't feel like just one career to me. It feels like about five or six. Because every six or seven years, you look in the mirror and you have a completely different product.

Ron Livingston

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A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Now some are saying maybe $1.6 trillion in is not enough maybe we should look at $2 trillion.

Dennis Moore

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Whatever he does in office, no man can live up to the high expectations of the world, but we have been changed by his election. Obama's inauguration is a historic global achievement, a major milestone in the journey of a powerful nation.

Des Browne

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For makeup, I prefer to keep it simple for the daytime.

Chiara Ferragni

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It is easier to rewrite anything - even the worst writing in the world - than it is to write something from scratch.

Antony Johnston

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