John Calvin Quotes
To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
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The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run their own inefficient empire.
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I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.
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In many parts of the world, chaining of people with mental illnesses is not uncommon, nor is seeing people walking around in clearly an unwell state, half naked, and no one takes any notice of them. It is tragic. There is a basic human right, which is not about just healthcare, but it is about the right to life with dignity, a right to citizenship.
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There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.
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Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle.
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Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.
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I love acting, but I want to explore other things.
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Art is a form of supremely delicate awareness and atonement — meaning atoneness, the state of being at one with the object.
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The human qualities of the raw materials show through. Naivety, error, contradiction, even (as in the cursing Psalms) wickedness are not removed. The total result is not "the Word of God" in the sense that every passage in itself, gives impeccable science or history. It carries the Word of God.
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Sexual fidelity is more important in a homosexual relationship than in any other. In other relationships there are a variety of ties. But here, fidelity is the only bond.
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Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.
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The art is about opening, it is not about prejudice, it is not about contempt prior to investigation. It's about endlessly trying to keep from having contempt by admitting that you don't know. Even if you know a lot compared to some other people, usually, I think, the honest experience would be: "God, how little I know! And how much I need to have compassion for myself and for other people."
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He was a monster on the glass. He was just big. The neat thing to see about Jeff is he has gotten to the point where I think he wants to try and get every rebound. And that's pretty rare for a high school kid.
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Neither am I. A grown man should be able to acknowledge a sincerely offered apology and converse in sentences consisting of more than five words.
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People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless the years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to have the guilts if new people mean more to you now.
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I don't know how to cook, but I do know how to bake.
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There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.
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I see thee better in the dark I do not need a light.
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To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.
