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"I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me."

"I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

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"We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil."

"We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil."

Norman Mailer, American Novelist

God, Answers, Devil, Will

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"I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others."

"I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others."

John Woolman, American Clergyman

God, Men, Wisdom, Truth

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"Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again."

"Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again."

Beatrix Potter, English Author

God, Lie, Bed, Eye

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"Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according to God's will, the only means of finding blessing in the midst of that confusion which is acknowledged to exist."

"Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according to God's will, the only means of finding blessing in the midst of that confusion which is acknowledged to exist."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

God, Churches, Confusion, Will

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"We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God."

"We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God."

Dwight L. Moody, American Clergyman

God, Affliction, Forget, Prosperity

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"If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates."

"If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates."

Jay Leno, American Comedian

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"There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening."

"There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

God, Heart, Listening, Rules

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"He who loves, never grows old. God it a shining example."

"He who loves, never grows old. God it a shining example."

Sri Chinmoy, Indian Philosopher

God, Example, Old

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"There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God."

"There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God."

Ivan Illich, American Sociologist

God, Man, Prayer

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"When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb."

"When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

God, Light, Secrets

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"More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him."

"More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him."

Ramakrishna, Indian Leader

God, Infinite, May, Name

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"The first thing is, jazz is one of the few things to let you know that there is a God and there is a creation."

"The first thing is, jazz is one of the few things to let you know that there is a God and there is a creation."

Billy Higgins, American Musician

God, Creation, First, Jazz

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"A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic."

"A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic."

Pat Buckley, Irish Clergyman

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"Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn't doing a crucifixtion scene; we would have had to nail her to the wall."

"Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn't doing a crucifixtion scene; we would have had to nail her to the wall."

Dick York, American Actor

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"It's really live television, the way God meant it to be."

"It's really live television, the way God meant it to be."

Bruce Vilanch, American Comedian

God, Television

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"Sincere composers believe in God."

"Sincere composers believe in God."

John Philip Sousa, American Musician

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"I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods."

"I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods."

Georg Trakl, Austrian Poet

God, Silence, Spring

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"When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part."

"When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part."

Charles Stanley, American Clergyman

God, Courage, Act, Voice

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"I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father."

"I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

God, Father, Decision

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"I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth."

"I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth."

James Otis, American Lawyer

God, Truth, May, Melancholy

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"If Jesus is the Son of God in human flesh, He's one of a kind of the 13 billions of people who have ever lived."

"If Jesus is the Son of God in human flesh, He's one of a kind of the 13 billions of people who have ever lived."

Tim LaHaye, American Clergyman

God, Son, People

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"Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign."

"Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign."

Anatole France, French Novelist

God, Chance, Want

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"God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings."

"God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings."

Martin Buber, German Philosopher

God, Quality, Being, Man

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"When I first went to prison, I was even questioning where, God, where are you?"

"When I first went to prison, I was even questioning where, God, where are you?"

Jim Bakker, American Celebrity

God, First, Prison, Questioning

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"We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe."

"We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

God, Meaning, Order, Universe

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"We learn this by the precepts that Jesus left. He observed that the people were looking outward, and assured them that the kingdom of God cometh not with outward observation; and for this reason, that it was only to be known in man."

"We learn this by the precepts that Jesus left. He observed that the people were looking outward, and assured them that the kingdom of God cometh not with outward observation; and for this reason, that it was only to be known in man."

Elias Hicks, American Clergyman

God, People, Man, Observation

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"I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie."

"I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie."

Ike Turner, American Musician

God, Negative, Man, Now

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"God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man."

"God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

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"I don't pray because I don't want to bore God."

"I don't pray because I don't want to bore God."

Orson Welles, American Actor

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"Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration."

"Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration."

Johannes Brahms, German Composer

God, Ideas, Eye, Mind

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"I do not believe that God has imposed suffering upon anyone to punish them or to teach them a lesson."

"I do not believe that God has imposed suffering upon anyone to punish them or to teach them a lesson."

Ernest Holmes, American Theologian

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"God is a verb, not a noun."

"God is a verb, not a noun."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

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"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong."

"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong."

John Lennon, English Musician

God, People, Man, Old

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"The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake."

"The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake."

Basil C. Hume, British Archbishop

God, Love, Hope, Christian

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"Willingness to be damned for the glory of God."

"Willingness to be damned for the glory of God."

Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman

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"God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat."

"God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat."

Thomas Tusser, English Poet

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"If God had intended us to fly he would have given us railways."

"If God had intended us to fly he would have given us railways."

Michael Flanders, British Actor

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"God made me and broke the mold."

"God made me and broke the mold."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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"Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church."

"Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church."

William Ames, English Philosopher

God, Faith, Church, Help

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"The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism."

"The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism."

Reinhold Niebuhr, American Theologian

God, Fanaticism, Religious, Value

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"Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be."

"Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be."

Robert Browning Hamilton, American Poet

God, Progress, Man

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"My name is Linus, and I am your God."

"My name is Linus, and I am your God."

Linus Torvalds, Finnish Businessman

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"If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you."

"If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

God, Blessings, Heaven, Open

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"I have to confess that there have been some times when I was less than glad to be a minister, and some Sundays still when I tremble under the weight of trying to speak a word for God."

"I have to confess that there have been some times when I was less than glad to be a minister, and some Sundays still when I tremble under the weight of trying to speak a word for God."

James Green Somerville, American Minister

God, Trying, Weight, Word

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"Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession."

"Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

God, Denial, Possession, Right

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"You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion."

"You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion."

Meister Eckhart, German Philosopher

God, Love, Compassion, Goodness

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"If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also."

"If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

God, Mom, Talent

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"My first quote was, I don't want to hurt God's people. Jim Bakker's quote was, I was set up by a female."

"My first quote was, I don't want to hurt God's people. Jim Bakker's quote was, I was set up by a female."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

God, People, First, Hurt

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"The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet."

"The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

God, Feet, World, Years

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