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John Piper Quotes

One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
Nationality: american
Birth: January 11, 1946

Topics

Life Work Humility Appreciate Way

I like playing on the road and quieting the crowd. I love it.

Love Road Playing Crowd Like I Love

When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally think of prose as a way of doing that. It fits our time, the culture.

Time Culture People Story Think You

There's a lot of good that's done for society in building businesses, but it's also great to be involved in those things where you can be connected to the community, to the world, and think about how you can use what you're creating, both in terms of your personal skills as well as your products or services to do good things for others.

Good Community Great Good Things You

I'd say any good set or any comedy that I've worked on, that's worked, has been comedians pitching ideas back and forth to each other. A lot of like, 'What if you say this? What about this?'

Good Ideas Comedy You Back Say

I love my mother to death. I'm pretty much a reflection of her.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Love Mother Reflection Death Pretty

I've done a few costume dramas, and people say, 'What was it like wearing the costumes? Did they really help you with your character?,' and most of the time it doesn't make any difference. You're wearing something a bit weird, and it's sort of uncomfortable, but it doesn't really have a huge impact on the part that you're playing.

Character Time People Impact Help

I'm not gonna rush out and see the next 'Batman;' I'm not big on formula movies.

Movies Next See Out Big Rush

Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.

Work Democracy Political Noise Well

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

Life Time Deep Problem You Overcome

It's fun to be someone else.

Fun Someone Else

I did a lot of freelance desk publishing jobs when I graduated from college. I sort of earned a living doing that while I was writing plays, which was what I wanted to do. My hope was to become a playwright.

Hope College Writing Doing Living

They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks.

Crazy Thinking Speech Know Actor Up

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