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"Ultimately Warhol's private moral reference was to the supreme kitsch of the Catholic church."

"Ultimately Warhol's private moral reference was to the supreme kitsch of the Catholic church."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

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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."

"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."

Delta Burke, American Actress

Church, Acting, Land

27

"Let Catholics build their own churches and works."

"Let Catholics build their own churches and works."

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian Politician

Church, Churches

27

"She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts."

"She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts."

Thomas B. Macaulay, English Historian

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"Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this day may seem nothing else but a verifying of the said prophecy."

"Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this day may seem nothing else but a verifying of the said prophecy."

John Foxe, English Writer

Church, Christ, Day, May

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"I am, I think the only surviving member of the original Battle Creek church. The church was disbanded, with the exception of thirteen members, in 1870."

"I am, I think the only surviving member of the original Battle Creek church. The church was disbanded, with the exception of thirteen members, in 1870."

John Harvey Kellogg, American Businessman

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"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church."

"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church."

Tertullian, Roman Author

Church, Blood, Martyrs

26

"The result has been that although few conservative Presbyterian churches actually worship in the Puritan way, the Puritan theology of worship remains the standard orthodoxy among them. This discrepancy sometimes leads to guilty consciences."

"The result has been that although few conservative Presbyterian churches actually worship in the Puritan way, the Puritan theology of worship remains the standard orthodoxy among them. This discrepancy sometimes leads to guilty consciences."

John Frame, American Philosopher

Church, Churches, Conservative, Result, Theology

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"I was unwilling to - without getting too philosophical about it - I was unwilling to structure my spirituality in the way that the church wanted me to structure it."

"I was unwilling to - without getting too philosophical about it - I was unwilling to structure my spirituality in the way that the church wanted me to structure it."

Peter Jurasik, American Actor

Church, Spirituality

26

"Ritual murder is referred to in court files which are located in Rome. There are pictures in it which show that in 23 cases, the Church itself has dealt with the question."

"Ritual murder is referred to in court files which are located in Rome. There are pictures in it which show that in 23 cases, the Church itself has dealt with the question."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

Church, Court, Murder, Question

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"It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act."

"It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act."

Abbe Pierre, French Clergyman

26

"Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back."

"Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

26

"I am atheist in a very religious mould. I'm always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? When I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them."

"I am atheist in a very religious mould. I'm always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? When I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them."

Mark Haddon, English Novelist

Church, Meaning, Questions, Religious

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"Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church."

"Anybody who had come up with a new concept would have been under suspicion for being out of step with the tradition or out of step with the teachings of the church."

John Templeton, American Businessman

Church, Being, Suspicion, Tradition

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"I think that after Church got his Ph.D. he studied in Europe, maybe in the Netherlands, for a year or two."

"I think that after Church got his Ph.D. he studied in Europe, maybe in the Netherlands, for a year or two."

Stephen Cole Kleene, American Mathematician

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"Well, I think Barkley and I were the only two who were working with Church for a Ph.D."

"Well, I think Barkley and I were the only two who were working with Church for a Ph.D."

Stephen Cole Kleene, American Mathematician

26

"Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood."

"Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood."

Erica Jong, American Novelist

Church, America, Country, Hollywood

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"My grandmother, she say I shouldn't be playing. I should go to church. Fially, I say I'm going do this, I'm going do it. And she got where she didn't bother me about it."

"My grandmother, she say I shouldn't be playing. I should go to church. Fially, I say I'm going do this, I'm going do it. And she got where she didn't bother me about it."

Muddy Waters, American Musician

26

"The early Church had nothing but the Old Testament. The New Testament lies hidden in the Old; the Old Testament lies open in the New."

"The early Church had nothing but the Old Testament. The New Testament lies hidden in the Old; the Old Testament lies open in the New."

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

Church, Lies, New testament, Nothing

25

"We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians."

"We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians."

Pete McCloskey, American Politician

Church, Being, Court, Independence

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"When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church."

"When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church."

Enya, Irish Musician

Church, Growing up

25

"In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are."

"In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are."

E. Stanley Jones, American Theologian

Church, Desire, Respectability

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"Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back."

"Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

Church, Ceremony, Hearing

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"In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the last 25 years. Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants support it, plus 76% of Church Times readers."

"In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the last 25 years. Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants support it, plus 76% of Church Times readers."

Polly Toynbee, English Journalist

Church, Right, Support, Years

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"Unfortunately, the Church's position on most contemporary issues makes it hard to take them seriously."

"Unfortunately, the Church's position on most contemporary issues makes it hard to take them seriously."

Andres Serrano, American Photographer

24

"Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting."

"Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting."

William P. Leahy, American Educator

24

"The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk."

"The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk."

Lance Morrow, American Journalist

Church, Open, Risk

24

"The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light."

"The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light."

Pope John XXIII, Italian Clergyman

Church, Beginning, Light, Now

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"You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church."

"You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

24

"I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage."

"I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage."

Ruth Brown, American Musician

24

"I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues, and therefore are saying things that they think are okay. They simply don't know."

"I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues, and therefore are saying things that they think are okay. They simply don't know."

Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

24

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

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

Patsy Cline, American Musician

Church, First, Goodbye

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"If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today."

"If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today."

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

Church, America, Duty, Law

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"There is no one true church."

"There is no one true church."

Pat Buckley, Irish Clergyman

24

"You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by clergy, and what's that's done to Catholics, especially here in Boston but elsewhere as well."

"You know how the church has been hit so hard by the sexual misconduct by clergy, and what's that's done to Catholics, especially here in Boston but elsewhere as well."

William P. Leahy, American Educator

24

"A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it."

"A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it."

Brigham Young, American Leader

23

"I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it."

"I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it."

Mary Ann Mobley, American Actress

23

"Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers."

"Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers."

Max Muller, German Educator

Church, Building, Old

23

"The mission proper to the Church is that of proclaiming the Gospel."

"The mission proper to the Church is that of proclaiming the Gospel."

Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman

Church, Mission

23

"What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over a vast percentage of Europeans."

"What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over a vast percentage of Europeans."

Timothy Radcliffe, English Clergyman

Church, Teaching, Will

23

"Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives - but he gives the requisite qualifications, and calls those thus qualified, and by that call gives them their official authority."

"Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives - but he gives the requisite qualifications, and calls those thus qualified, and by that call gives them their official authority."

Charles Hodge, American Theologian

Church, Authority, Christ

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"There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration rather than doctrine and worship are to determine the form of the Church."

"There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration rather than doctrine and worship are to determine the form of the Church."

Arthur Middleton, American Politician

Church, Doctrine, Thinking, Worship

23

"Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the centre of man's universe is the earth?"

"Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the centre of man's universe is the earth?"

Stephen Vizinczey, Canadian Author

Church, Earth, Man, Right

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"It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus."

"It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus."

Tycho Brahe, Danish Scientist

23

"Many are called but few are chosen. There are sayings of Christ which suggest that the Church he came to establish will always be a minority affair."

"Many are called but few are chosen. There are sayings of Christ which suggest that the Church he came to establish will always be a minority affair."

Edward Norman, English Historian

Church, Christ, Minority, Sayings

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"But when one identifies the Church with a cultural and political bloc, there is the danger of making difficult the Church's contact with all those outside the bloc."

"But when one identifies the Church with a cultural and political bloc, there is the danger of making difficult the Church's contact with all those outside the bloc."

Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman

23

"What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ."

"What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ."

George Carey, English Clergyman

Church, Body, Christ, Rules

23

"The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today."

"The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today."

William P. Leahy, American Educator

Church, Deserted, Spirit, Today

23

"I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot."

"I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

23

"For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do."

"For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do."

Anne Hutchinson, American Clergyman

Church, Day, Desire, Scripture

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