John Calvin Quotes
When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
Quotes to Explore
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by feeling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.
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I wouldn't want to write a biography of anyone. I'd feel too inhibited by the facts and too much pressure to do the subject's life justice.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not learned how to enjoy without owning.
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I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.
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I always have a lot of things going on because some things take years to make and others take five minutes. I like that there's always something going on. Working doesn't have such a momentous feel - like it's all or nothing.
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They put it on the page because it sounded good or it looked good or they read it in a book somewhere that this is how you structure a script or something, and they just don't get it. It's surprising.
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The public always picks quality.
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Small wonder that spell means both a story told, and a formula of power over living men.
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The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.
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Each must the other take as sign, short sign To stop the whirlwind, balk the elements.
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All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.
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I'm a fiction writer, and I do write essays, but I am not a poet. And I absolutely reject the phrase 'woman writer' as anti-feminist. I wrote an essay about this as far back as 1977, at the height of the neo-feminist movement.
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If you survive long enough, you're revered-rather like an old building.
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We have a largely materialistic lifestyle characterized by a materialistic culture. However, this only provides us with temporary, sensory satisfaction, whereas long-term satisfaction is based not on the senses but on the mind. That’s where real tranquility is to be found. And peace of mind turns out to be a significant factor in our physical health too.
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No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.
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If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law.
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When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.
