John Calvin Quotes
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
Quotes to Explore
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When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
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I wanted to just come out and continue to improve my game, continue to improve my mental capacity to play well in tournaments. I've had a slow year compared to last year, but I've been pleased because I felt like I was getting better.
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Everyone is always working on their body and trying to make it the best that they possibly can. That's what I do every single day, mostly for performance, but also just for me.
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Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.
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When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.
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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.
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The less you do to beautiful food, the better it's going to taste. You don't need to mess with it all the time.
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My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.
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A small part of my job at Komen included advocating that mammogram screenings be covered under plans available on the exchanges - just as they are covered in other plans in Georgia.
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A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.
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People just want to have access to all of the world's music.
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It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind.
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I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname.
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But in the next world I shan't be doing music, with all the striving and disappointments. I shall be being it.
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I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.
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To be known by God is the highest goal of human existence.
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If there ever was a time when absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing.
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Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.
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Christian joy is letting Christ live His life out through you so that what He is, you become.
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Merit is a work for the sake of which Christ gives rewards. But no such work is to be found, for Christ gives by promise. Just as if a prince should say to me, "Come to me in my castle, and I will give you a hundred florins." I do a work, certainly, in going to the castle, but the gift is not given me as the reward of my work in going, but because the prince promised it to me.
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Don't wait for perfection before you start. Start somewhere so you can have something tangible you can work to perfect.
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Progress not perfection... you can't be perfect everything... but you can gain progress on a daily basis.
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
