John Calvin Quotes
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
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You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
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In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.
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I don't want my work to be heavy. The challenge is to make it interesting and engaging, keeping in mind the need for method acting. This is what I have learnt from Bharat Muni's 'Natya Shastra' and from the Russian theatre legend Stanislavsky.
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Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.
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I usually start my day with a light breakfast of fruit and eggs and take granola bars with me to eat after practice. Lunch and dinner usually consist of chicken over pasta or rice and beans.
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The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it's only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous.
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We can't afford to cede our leadership in developing and deploying the advanced, clean fuels of the future that will grow our economy, lower our energy bills, reduce pollution, and protect the health of our families and communities. And America's farmers and rural communities have to be at the heart of this effort.
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And what its worth, ask death-beds; they can tell.
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And both were young, and one was beautiful.
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Other writers of history recorded the fighting of wars waged for the sake of children and country and other possessions. But our narrative of the government of God will record in ineffaceable letters the most peaceful wars waged in behalf of the peace of the soul.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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What I hate most in life are people who are not really the peach of the day but who want to be young and sexy. You can fool nobody. There is a moment when you have to accept that somebody else is younger and fresher and hotter. Life is not a beauty contest.
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I want to reach for 150 or 200 points this season, whichever comes first.
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My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.
