John Calvin Quotes
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
Quotes to Explore
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.
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I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.
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One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
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I have fabulous children.
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But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations.
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I was terribly wounded by my wife's death.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
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I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don't have any nails to manicure, and it takes me 30 minutes to get ready for a night out, as long as I've decided what to wear first.
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I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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I've done all the table reads for Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow for all the pirate movies, because he's just been doing other stuff, and I just love the whole Jack Sparrow thing he's got going on; it is just genius, and I just think he has so much fun with it.
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I'm doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.
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On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I would rather put my money under my pillow than in a bank.' But today, banks know how to protect money much better than you do. Today, we may not have the answers to privacy issues, but I believe our young people will come up with the solutions.
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I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.
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To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere, and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break. That's what I'm still working on, having done this for 20 years now.
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God’s love to us cannot fail any more than His love to Christ can fail.
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You're not just playing for yourself but for your country, and that's nerve-wracking. It makes you work harder.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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I no longer merely confess that I am the righteousness of Christ. I realize that with His DNA in me through His blood, I could be nothing else. I realize the attributes of His DNA reside in me - whether dormant or active.
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We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
