John Calvin Quotes
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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Men have been found to deny woman intellect; they have credited her with instinct, with intuition, with a capacity to correlate cause and effect much as a dog connects its collar with a walk.
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I think Bolano had a generosity about him that was unique. He seemed to include so many people in the circle of his adventures, whereas I felt like I was pretty selfish.
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I think the Bush Administration was bound and determined on regime change, and we will be paying the price of that for some time to come.
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'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
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I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients. I could never do that. I'm my client. That's the difference between an artist and a designer; it's a client relationship.
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The camera and I have always had good chemistry.
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Even if you have a big tune, live crowds can get sick of it. It's not just about the song but also the staying power and if people have connected with it in a certain way. I know that the tracks I put more emotion and depth into are the ones that have the staying power in clubs.
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Having bands in the NFL would take up seats. If you take up seats in the NFL, you're losing money.
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It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the north-west of Connacht they landed. But the Firbolgs, the Men of the Bag, that were in Ireland before them, and that had come from the South, saw nothing but a mist, and it lying on the hills.
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My mother read me biblical stories at night.
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When you're drunk, you always think you're not. If you even drink at all don't get behind the wheel.
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Sometimes it's important just to allow myself to feel whatever it is I am feeling and to be okay with it.
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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Make sure you love what you do or it will eat you alive.
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What I don't like today is, to put it coarsely, the phony Hasidism, the phony mysticism. Many students say, 'Teach me mysticism.' It's a joke.
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People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
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We ought always to beware of making the smallest claim for ourselves.
