#cal

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion. ↗

— Lord Byron

#doubt #much #naught #no doubt #religion

I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, but it also brought me into conflict with my father who was very Right-wing. ↗

— Vince Cable

#boy #broadened #brought #communist #conflict

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief. ↗

— John Calvin

#back #calling #entering #excluded #gate

'Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now. ↗

— Edward Burns

#distribution #now #picked #theatrical #up

In Botswana in the Kalahari Desert there's a tented camp called Jack's Camp, which is like old Africa meets Ralph Lauren. The Oriental rugs, the old leather chairs - you feel like you've just jumped out of a Ralph Lauren ad. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#africa #called #camp #chairs #desert

I've always liked adventure television. Pre-'Survivor,' I did a series on cable called 'Eco-Challenge,' an adventure race with experts mainly, and here we have 'Expedition Impossible.' I like the outdoors and I like doing something fresh for television you haven't seen before. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#always #before #cable #called #did

In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#called #class #cut #down #especially

I'm in California a lot; I go overseas sometimes and I meet more Hells Angels than other Angels do. ↗

— Chuck Zito

#california #go #hells #i #lot

I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to be part of a musical that's not your background and to pull it off and to think that we've done something that's really special. ↗

— Gerard Butler

#amazing things #background #chance #done #ever

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#anything #call #external #external things #good