John Calvin Quotes
The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it were—the most conspicuous part of it; and the nearer the approaches are that God makes to us, the more intimate and condescending the communication of his benefits, the more attentively are we called to consider them.
Quotes to Explore
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time.
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All business leaders need to be technologists, as every industry now has a Netflix or an Uber on the horizon, threatening to upend business as usual. Apps are driving this disruption, and every enterprise needs to become an app company.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.
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It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
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I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
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I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.
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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
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I don't eat sugar. I eat fruit.
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Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
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Philosophy and theology have so much to tell us about God, but people today want to experience God. There is a difference between eating dinner and merely reading the menu.
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Perseus wore a magic cap that the monsters he hunted down might not see him. We draw the magic cap down over eyes and ears as a make-believe that there are no monsters.
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I don't know - the idea of a specific wine paired with a specific piece of music seems a little far-fetched to me. But maybe I just need to be opened to it.
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The effort must be total for the results to be meaningful.
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A cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to Hell than a prostitute.
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I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing - the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song.
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Objectivity and justice have nothing to do with one another.
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The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it were—the most conspicuous part of it; and the nearer the approaches are that God makes to us, the more intimate and condescending the communication of his benefits, the more attentively are we called to consider them.
