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George Packer Quotes

A religion is not just a set of texts but the living beliefs and practices of its adherents.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 13, 1960

Topics

Religion Living Beliefs Just Set

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

Mother Children Mom Motherhood You

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

Great Effort Person Done Without

I have a feeling he felt Jon Voight had run away with the film, which he didn't, though he was brilliant in it, in a much less easy part. I just don't know what had got into him, but something had.

John Schlesinger

Easy Feeling Know Run Brilliant Him

For me, as a believer, I found myself in between two worlds because I live in this world, this fallen world, and I want to glorify God here, and I want to point to Jesus here, I want to work here and live with my wife here, but I also look forward to the recreation of this world when the Lord Jesus comes back and makes all things new.

Work Live God Myself Wife World

I've worked in many companies, and I think that, number one, if you are going to have a great environment, you produce great work... If people are happy, that's what's important. Life is short.

Life Work Great Happy People Think

Social acceptance, 'being liked,' has so much power because it holds the feelings of loneliness at bay.

Power Loneliness Acceptance Feelings

Google pays advertisers based not just on payment per click but also by number of clicks. The interplay between the two sets the prices, so a government-regulated price for 'equal access' might be difficult to set.

Price Google Difficult Two Equal

In January 1921, I found myself wonderfully alone in an empty carriage in a rocking train in the night between Waterloo and Sherborne. Stars on each side of me; I ran from side to side of the carriage, checking the constellations.

Stars Alone January Myself Me Night

You only get one chance at your life so why not jump cars?

Life Chance You Jump Why Get

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.

Freedom Power Light Democracy You

When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit.

Success Financial You Back Go Big

'The Food Network' was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldn't get there by subway, you couldn't be on. It wasn't like TV was something I really wanted to do - but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants.

Great Food Money New York Attention

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