John C. Calhoun Quotes

When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for its support in time of peace, it will mark one of the most difficult and dangerous stages through which it is destined to pass.

John C. Calhoun

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• My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.

  

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• The notion of self-care for people who have hundreds of millions of dollars, it doesn't seem like a radical thing.

  

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• I look a hundred and weigh 110 – you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.

  

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• Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.

  

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• I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

  

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• The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.

  

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• It takes people a while to trust you.

  

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• People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.

  

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• Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.

  

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• I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.

  

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• My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan.

  

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• I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog.

  

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• We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.

  

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• I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.

  

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• My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.

  

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• Every woman has, for her own self-esteem, to work or have a major interest.

  

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• The victory of vivisection marks a great advance in the triumph of ruthless, non-moral utilitarianism over the old world of ethical law; a triumph in which we, as well as animals, are already the victims, and of which Dachau and Hiroshima mark the more recent achievements.

  

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• Most of the population cannot afford a private driver. What we're doing is relentlessly innovating to bring the price point down.

  

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• When the period arrives - come when it may - that this government will be compelled to resort to internal taxes for its support in time of peace, it will mark one of the most difficult and dangerous stages through which it is destined to pass.

  

  John C. Calhoun
  • Time
  • May
  • Peace