John Calvin Quotes
To know God as the sovereign disposer of all good, inviting us to present our requests, and yet not to approach or ask of him, were so far from availing us, that it were just as if one told of a treasure were to allow it to remain buried in the ground.
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Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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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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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.
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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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When you are in the infrastructure sector, you've to work along with the government.
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I'm the kind of person that if I see someone else crying, I cry too. I take on that emotion.
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Radio listeners often have a very fertile imagination when it comes to body shape.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
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I'm more than willing to go to places and talk to people who believe that I am an illegal alien who deserves to be jailed. I want to look them in the eye and say, 'What makes you think I'm any different from you?' I think for our generation, immigration rights is a civil rights issue.
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One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to find out what reality is like, simply for the sake of knowing. When that desire is completely quenched in anyone, I think he has become something less than human.
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We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.
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It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.
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I did every sport under the sun while growing up.
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To know God as the sovereign disposer of all good, inviting us to present our requests, and yet not to approach or ask of him, were so far from availing us, that it were just as if one told of a treasure were to allow it to remain buried in the ground.
