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Douglas Sirk

"For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty."

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"For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty."

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"Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have."

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"I was green. All I knew was to walk my dog and go to church."

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"There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility."

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"At the end of 1795 and beginning of 1796, I was ordered to write to the Church ministers."

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"I teach metaphysics and pastor a church."

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"I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words."

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"I'd like to do my first record I ever made, A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye."

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"Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign."

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"I loved getting to do Promised Land with him. I mean, he's really there for you. We did one very emotional scene in the church. He's just a wonderful acting partner. You feel very safe with him."

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"Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals."
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