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"There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance."

"There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance."

Thomas Pynchon, American Writer

God, Behavior, Chance, Difference

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"We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees."

"We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees."

Robert Ley, German Soldier

God, Germany, May

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"I swear to God, I would marry the first person who asked me, just because it seems so completely impossible that anyone would ask."

"I swear to God, I would marry the first person who asked me, just because it seems so completely impossible that anyone would ask."

Minnie Driver, English Actress

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"It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever."

"It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever."

Daniel Webster, American Statesman

God, Dying, Independence, Living

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"I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding."

"I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

God, Civilization

15

"The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world."

"The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world."

Georg Buchner, German Dramatist

God, Chaos, Nothingness, World

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"I am a God."

"I am a God."

Curtis Jones, American Musician

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"Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation."

"Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the gods, and so awakens devils to contest his vision. The more a man can achieve, the more he may be certain that the devil will inhabit a part of his creation."

Norman Mailer, American Novelist

God, Gods, Vision, Creation, Devil

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"I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose."

"I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose."

Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer

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"I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God."

"I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God."

Tony Campolo, American Clergyman

God, Vision, Community, Fact

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"I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day."

"I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day."

Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist

God, Idea, Day, Word

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"Knowing that you're the one who's been rejected, God it makes you feel isolated. I defy anybody not to be a bit upset. I felt as though I'd walked into the house trailing all this baggage."

"Knowing that you're the one who's been rejected, God it makes you feel isolated. I defy anybody not to be a bit upset. I felt as though I'd walked into the house trailing all this baggage."

Anthea Turner, English Entertainer

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"Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which."

"Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which."

Algernon Charles Swinburne, English Poet

God, Body, Spirit

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"We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low."

"We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low."

Desmond Tutu, South African Leader

God, People, Heaven, May

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"If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available."

"If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available."

Rick Warren, American Writer

God, People, Nothing, Will

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"It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you."

"It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you."

Bobby Womack, American Musician

God, Soul, Burden, Help

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"I think I've always been good so God wouldn't strike me dead."

"I think I've always been good so God wouldn't strike me dead."

Heather Locklear, American Actress

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"God is a frequency. Stay tuned."

"God is a frequency. Stay tuned."

Alan Cohen, American Businessman

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"Space is the stature of God."

"Space is the stature of God."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

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"In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated."

"In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

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"In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God."

"In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God."

Ravi Shankar, Indian Musician

God, Culture, Respect

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"The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea."

"The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea."

John Templeton, American Businessman

God, Idea, Sea, Self

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"I thank God for making me a man."

"I thank God for making me a man."

Little Richard, American Musician

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"They give themselves to God when the Devil will no longer have them."

"They give themselves to God when the Devil will no longer have them."

Sophie Arnould, French Singer

God, Devil, Will

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"Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!"

"Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!"

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

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"The minister and the priest teach that the organization is greater. No great philosophy has ever come from an organization, but from an individual whose research has been a personal study of God and ITS ways."

"The minister and the priest teach that the organization is greater. No great philosophy has ever come from an organization, but from an individual whose research has been a personal study of God and ITS ways."

Paul Twitchell, American Celebrity

God, Philosophy, Research, Study

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"The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is."

"The attributes of God tell us what He is and who He is."

William Ames, English Philosopher

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"The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it?"

"The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it?"

William Temple, British Archbishop

God, Creation, Evil

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"What does God the Father look like? Although I've never seen Him, I believe - as with the Holy Spirit - He looks like Jesus looked on earth."

"What does God the Father look like? Although I've never seen Him, I believe - as with the Holy Spirit - He looks like Jesus looked on earth."

Benny Hinn, Israeli Clergyman

God, Father, Earth, Spirit

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"God knows, I never want to hurt someone's feelings."

"God knows, I never want to hurt someone's feelings."

Selma Blair, American Actress

God, Feelings, Hurt, Want

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"God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And when the storms came and the rains came, the rock, it did not move. But over the last 15 or 20 years, something began to erode."

"God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And when the storms came and the rains came, the rock, it did not move. But over the last 15 or 20 years, something began to erode."

Bob Riley, American Politician

God, Christ, Country, Storms

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"For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma."

"For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma."

Brad Henry, American Politician

God, Opportunity, Values, Children

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"God is an immensity, while this disease, this death, which is in me, this small, tightly defined pedestrian event, is merely and perfectly real, without miracle - or instruction."

"God is an immensity, while this disease, this death, which is in me, this small, tightly defined pedestrian event, is merely and perfectly real, without miracle - or instruction."

Harold Brodkey, American Author

God, Death, Disease

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"No God without a world, and no world without God."

"No God without a world, and no world without God."

Friedrich Schleiermacher, German Theologian

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"A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished."

"A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

God, Boss, Earth, Heaven

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"It is altogether proper for people to recognize a sovereign God."

"It is altogether proper for people to recognize a sovereign God."

Roy Moore, American Judge

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"If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth."

"If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth."

Morris West, Australian Writer

God, Intelligence, Truth, Man

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"I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because I'm an everyday, normal girl."

"I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because I'm an everyday, normal girl."

Kelly Clarkson, American Musician

God, People, Cute

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"Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience."

"Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

God, Abundance, Parents, Patience

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"Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to do that."

"Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to do that."

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

God, Thoughts, Saying, Trying

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"Dear God, let this be just a bad nightmare."

"Dear God, let this be just a bad nightmare."

Roy Horn, German Entertainer

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"We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people."

"We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people."

Louis Farrakhan, American Activist

God, People, Glory, Struggle

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"What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?"

"What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?"

Pedro Calderon, Spanish Dramatist

God, Fish, Law, Reason

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"Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long."

"Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

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"It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport."

"It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport."

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Explorer

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"It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously."

"It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously."

Laura Linney, American Actress

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"God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form."

"God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form."

Guru Nanak, Indian Philosopher

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"I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that."

"I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

God, Time, Christian, Artist

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"God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires."

"God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

God, Heart, Will

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"At a certain stage in his evolution, man himself had been able to lay hold upon a higher order of things, which raised him above the level of the beasts that perish, and enabled him to see, at least in the distance, the shining towers of the City of God."

"At a certain stage in his evolution, man himself had been able to lay hold upon a higher order of things, which raised him above the level of the beasts that perish, and enabled him to see, at least in the distance, the shining towers of the City of God."

Alfred Noyes, English Poet

God, Evolution, Man, Order

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