"The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live their whole lives on the principle of making themselves poor -- spending and being spent -- to enrich their fellow humans, giving time, trouble, care and concern, to do good to others -- and not just their own friends -- in whatever way there seems need."

-- J. I. Packer

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“Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning. But the destructive effect of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building.”
“As long as the team is pulling together, I’m happy to be a part of it.”

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“Bias used to say that men ought to calculate life both as if they were fated to live a long and a short time, and that they ought to love one another as if at a future time they would come to hate one another; for that most men were bad.”
“I wasnâ€™t going to argue with you. Why ever would you think that? I never argue." Lucian smiled at her. She was so small, it amazed him she was such a strong person. "Of course you do not argue. What was I thinking? Go to sleep, honey, and allow my poor body to rest." Iâ€™m already asleep. Youâ€™re the one gabbing.”
“Iraq is a strange country. Where else can American civilians like me be protected by terrorist human shields?”
“There is, however, no universal recipe for scientific advance. It is a matter of groping forward into terra incognita of the outer world by means of methods which should be adapted to the circumstances.”
“Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.”
“Getting kids moving is a key factor in tackling obesity and health problems among the young.”

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