John Calvin Quotes
Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments.
Quotes to Explore
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For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character.
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I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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If I stayed in London, I probably would have gotten more work. I've never wanted to be thought of as an 'It' girl, someone who rides on the coattails of my mother.
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I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.
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Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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Every parent wants to see their kids excel.
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I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectual, since the function of stories is to make us both feel and think.
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I'm doing exactly what I should be doing, every day on the road.
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'Islamism' itself is such a broad and nearly meaningless word as used by the mainstream Western press, including everything from Turkey's AKP party to al Qaeda.
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Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.
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It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.
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I can't really live outside Jamaica. I can be away, but only for a while.
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I don't respond to authority figures who abuse their authority.
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I used to clean the sets and serve tea to the artistes.
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In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.
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Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.
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I think it's good for anybody to learn languages. Americans are particularly limited in that way. Europeans less so... We're beginning to have Spanish move in on English in the states because of all the people coming from Hispanic countries... and we're beginning to learn some Spanish. And I think that's a good thing... Only having one language is very limiting... You get to think that's the way the human race is made; there's only one language worth speaking... Well, this isn't good for English.
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The value for me being in a mainline tradition is history and memory, which is not just Christian tradition but denominational tradition, and characters, you know, with real distinct flavors of ways to be Christian.
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Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments.
