John Calvin Quotes
We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
Quotes to Explore
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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The most important thing is to not waste your money.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.
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The Breton peasant is said to have a hard head. He is obstinate and resists outside pressure to alter his creed or his customs.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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There are pros and cons to everything but especially with what I have chosen. There are cons - the privacy level and everything that comes with it - but I feel there are a lot more pros. And I am doing what I love to do, so I am not complaining at all.
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White sharks and tuna travel for thousands of miles before returning to the same hot spot just as salmon do when they return to the same stream. These journeys are the marine equivalent of wildebeest migrations that take place on the Serengeti plain in Africa.
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With my ministry of light, part of what I do is work on the California Alliance For Arts Education.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.
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Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.
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Speaking via twitter on August 13, 2017 in response to the 2017 Unite the Right rally in harlottesville, Virginia and quoting Nelson Mandela. Archived via Wayback Machine on August 14, 2017. Source: Bipartisan condemnation for 'Unite the Right' rally by CNN's Jennifer Hansler on August 13, 2017. Archived via Wayback Machine on August 14, 2017.
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You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
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I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.
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We first started to rent old VFW halls in Philly or whatever; we rented kegs and did parties and played our own music. We had to find a way to do it because nobody else was helping us, and I think now it's important to keep those dialogues happening, those parties happening.
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We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
