John Calvin Quotes
So great and boundless is God's wisdom that he knows right well how to use evil instruments to do good.
Quotes to Explore
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want to be a part of the evolving cycle of progress vs. keeping things the way that they are.
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Every once in a while I run the Olympic downhill in Japan in my head. I think of how the energy is going to flow and then I make it all work for myself.
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Pick the weeds and keep the flowers.
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I blew that clay pigeon to smithereens. I don't know why Mum got so upset. According to Uncle Andrew she's a crack shot herself. But she says I'm too young. What I'd like to know is how old does a person have to be before they get to do all the fun stuff?
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What difference does it make if you live in a picturesque little outhouse surrounded by 300 feeble minded goats and your faithful dog? The question is: Can you write?
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What do you believe in?--In this, that the weights of all things must be determined anew.
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The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.
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Sing a song correctly and you live forever.
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O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
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Every healthy person must have a goal in life and that life must have content.
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No ends, simply means.
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Lampard, as usual, arrived in the nick of time, but it wasn't quite soon enough.
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It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.
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Ah, we men and women are like ropes drawn tight with strain that pull us in different directions.
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I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. It can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety, or misery. It can propel narrative switftly forward, or slow it down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. Finally, it is the communicating link between the screen and the audience, reaching out and enveloping all into one single experience.
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After the 1960 royal coup, I spent time in India - including three years in prison.
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So great and boundless is God's wisdom that he knows right well how to use evil instruments to do good.
