John Calvin Quotes
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you beautiful.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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I don't think my parents would have let me go straight into acting full time when I was 12. I do like to have balance, naturally, as an individual.
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Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.
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You talk through what exactly happened to Howard Dean on the campaign trail, what Bill Clinton must have lived through, what the daily grind of doing what these people have to do. And they can never lose their temper, they can never be tired, and they can never slip up, or it's on-camera, and it's everywhere - and it's over.
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The particle and the planet are subject to the same laws and what is learned of one will be known of the other.
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Tom had traveled around the sun eleven times when the delivery truck brought his mother's newest fridge, but a number doesn't really describe his age.
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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
