John Calvin Quotes
Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
Quotes to Explore
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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With so many millions of titles available, the books that will get talked about are the books that make readers talk about them.
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It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
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I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
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A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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The amygdala is indeed crucial for monitoring our environment and deciding what's worth getting worked up over. Once the amygdala determines this, however, it merely trips another circuit to actually produce the panic.
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When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship.
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Because the Republicans are never going to turn on Trump so long as he still has his base, and he will continue to have his base so long as this idea that he is standing up for workers, it remains intact. And the only way that that gets eroded is if it isn't just about Russia all the time, but is also about those economic betrayals.
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Love to me has meant different things at different junctures of my life. I'm not a hopeless romantic.
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My waist used to be tiny. I just saw a picture of Miley Cyrus with a little crop top and low pants, and I'm like, 'That was me growing up in Brazil!' I had the typical model body, but after babies, it changed. I look more like a woman.
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A lot of the stories I've read about myself, I don't even recognize who they're writing about.
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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.
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We're paying a lot of attention to the iPad. But we're expanding that to a tablet focus.
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Your anger is a gift.
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When Reg died and we first looked into getting a new dog, I was adamant we should pick up a mongrel from an animal-rescue shelter. It's not only that they're usually healthier and have better temperaments, they also fit with my world view - I prefer a ballpoint to a fountain pen, a barber to a hair stylist, and camping over glamping.
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I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
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Der Krieg ernährt den Krieg.
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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
