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Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies.


John Piper

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PIPER LAURIE It takes a lot of guts to get up on top of a bar and dance.
PIPER PERABO The choreography was specific to be moves any girl could pull off just jumping up on the bar.
PIPER PERABO Pain writes the words, sorrow wields the pen, tears wet the paper, and the story mends the heart.
PIPER PAYNE Her silence should be feared more than her words.
PIPER PAYNE She tries to get a waitressing job for a while - I mean, she's looking for a while before she fi...
PIPER PERABO I got lost a lot, and I was a really bad waitress... I got lost on the subway.
PIPER PERABO Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names.
PIPER LAURIE This building is a non-smoking facility. I think that has made a difference.
DON PIPER I came in one morning and it was here. We sure would like to thank the donor, if we can find out who...
DON PIPER There were eight offices in here and we had to remove all of them. A kitchen was also installed in t...
DON PIPER I am very honored and humbled to be doing a book signing right here in my own hometown, ... Out of a...
DON PIPER It really is incredible; it seems to really be catching on,
DON PIPER We are going to start fining people for some of these things.
DICK PIPER