John Calvin Quotes
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
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I hate negative ads in general.
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'Power' is a funny thing. Maybe it's a show that draws people in because they are watching people do things they secretly wish they could do or know they could get away with.
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Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they're fun.
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I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you!
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
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You can't quantify human pain the way you can measure out sugar. Death comes one individual at a time.
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When I got to Iraq, my world focused in on one mission. It was incredibly rewarding.
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In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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It Nobel Peace Prize is a great recognition and honour for millions of children in the world. I hope many more people will join the fight against child slavery. This isn't just about India. It's a global phenomenon. We'll work for this globally. I've been working in 147 countries and my responsibility is with all the world's children.
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I actually picked up copies of Decline I and II at a flea market once. I walked out without paying.
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'Aye Zindagi' is a show which is about stories inspired by real-life incidents. You might be able to relate to these stories, as it can be about anyone around you.
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If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, will be crowned.
