John Calvin Quotes
Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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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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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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I put the movie days totally behind me... It was a part of my past that I really kind of put in a little drawer and shut the door.
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To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.
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My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.
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Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
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I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.
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My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.
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A lot of people in film run around with a facade and use the right vocabulary and think they're mental giants, but it's very limiting.
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I have used Proactiv, and I use X Out, and they are the only things that work for me.
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Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will?
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My wife is completely different from me: she's good with everyone, whereas I'm good at directed conversation when I have a purpose for it, like now. If everyone's sitting around being social, I'm not great.
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There's such a stereotype about men and women. Obviously, people think men are faster and stronger and all these other things, and I don't want people to get sucked into that anymore. I want them to realize that the women are out here and doing just as awesome things. They can be just as great, too.
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The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran.
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I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.
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So many of the optimists in the world don't own a hundred dollars, and because of their optimism, never will.
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I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.
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Paris is a danger for people like me. We spend our rent money in Paris on clothes.
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A woman who is not ready to have a baby making it work is not a happy ending to me. It's a personal nightmare.
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No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined in ordinary language, or pinned down to any particular happening.
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Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.
