Speaking of inspiration, the Bible has long been a source of rich stories that emphasize the importance of faith. The Prodigal Son has been one of the most trusted parables in the Good Book, used extensively in Westerns and war, but not from the perspective of a church background, with a plot tweak that pits former best friends against each other in so dramatic a way. Packer recognized this early as the storyline unfolded It's about really having the inner fortitude to overcome anything that's in front of you, and doing that with the help of God. It's a faith-based, inspiration-themed film, one we've wanted to do for some time. ... You see the character Boris plays of David, who's raised in the church, goes away, gets into a life of fame, money, women, wealth, drugs and sex. As he journeys back, it's the redemption that he finds, it's the hope that he finds, it's the salvation that he finds.
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I'm not putting any timetable on that. I think it's important to hire slow. I'm more concerned with getting the right combination of people, Packer People, the thing that we talked about before. I'm not putting a timetable on it. I'm going to make sure it's right.
James Packer was spotted around a Scientology campus in Australia, has made frequent trips in Los Angeles where Scientology is headquartered, and reportedly spent time in Scientology counseling sessions in Sydney and Tom Cruise is his pal. Practically everything that Tom Cruise does has some connection to Scientology. The thinking is that Cruise has groomed this guy to be a big giver to follow in Cruise's footsteps. After all, Tom Cruise is the biggest giver Scientology has.
The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.
James Packer said this week that new technology had made the newspaper game very scary ... Newspapers have never operated in a more dynamic and challenging, fragmented environment but they're a fantastic vehicle for news, entertainment and for advertising, and they will remain so.
The packer knows better. It's shameful that so many people can get hurt from making this kind of a mistake.
It will be our case that Mr Packer had a far greater involvement with this company than he admits in his affidavit, and has for many, many years.
I hope it's snowing. I think that will be cool for some reason. If there was some crazy snowstorm, it would make the story that much greater that we played a game out there at Lambeau Field with it snowing. It would be like a Packer game then.
Packer fans are nuts, man.
She is one of those shooters, you love them because they have no memory. Packer could miss eight in a row and be convinced she's going to make No. 9.
Method is like packing things in a box a good packer will get in half as much again as a bad one.
Cricket the world over, I don't think, will ever know how different things would be without Kerry Packer.
I don't have many years left as a Packer and I'm going to try to enjoy as much of it as I can, and in the process use my celebrity to try to help as many people as I can,
I never really thought it would come to this day. I don't have any loyalty there anymore. It will be ironic that I have to cheer for those guys, but I have no problem swallowing my pride for about three hours on Sunday and wearing a Green Bay Packer hat.
Talking to the friends that I have on the Packer team, they admire the way that he handled this season, with a lot of bad breaks and a lot of tough situations. (Sherman) really kept it together. I think you judge somebody by how they handle adversity rather than how they handle success.
Mills received that promise from Newt Packer of the local carpenter's union. Other unions agreed. The unions did not want some out-of-state contractor coming in, ... It was a great example of labor and management cooperation.