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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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"God is shaking me."

"God is shaking me."

Benny Hinn, Israeli Clergyman

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"Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo."

"Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

God, Being, Man, State

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"One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God."

"One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God."

Ramakrishna, Indian Leader

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"Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants."

"Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants."

Henry Brooks Adams, American Author

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"The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God."

"The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God."

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

God, Ego, Freedom

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"Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation."

"Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation."

Walter Lang, American Director

God, Being, Creation, Man

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"But I was sure of one thing. If God were a father, with children, that cleanliness I had been feeling wasn't God."

"But I was sure of one thing. If God were a father, with children, that cleanliness I had been feeling wasn't God."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

God, Father, Children, Cleanliness

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"I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's."

"I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

God, Help, Will

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"Because when God heals a body, that is temporal; but when God saves a soul, that has eternal importance."

"Because when God heals a body, that is temporal; but when God saves a soul, that has eternal importance."

Benny Hinn, Israeli Clergyman

God, Soul, Body, Importance

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"Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will."

"Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will."

William Cowper, English Poet

God, Heart, Compassion, Man

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"Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them."

"Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them."

James Caan, American Actor

God, Actors, Hurt

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"The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means which God has appointed in the church for its continual edification."

"The ordinary ministry is that which receives all of its direction from the will of God revealed in the Scriptures and from those means which God has appointed in the church for its continual edification."

William Ames, English Philosopher

God, Church, Direction, Will

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"Oh yeah, I believe in God. I think there's much more evidence that there is a God than that there isn't. I don't believe that Mother Theresa and Hitler go to the same place."

"Oh yeah, I believe in God. I think there's much more evidence that there is a God than that there isn't. I don't believe that Mother Theresa and Hitler go to the same place."

David Zucker, American Director

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"He was a wise man who originated the idea of God."

"He was a wise man who originated the idea of God."

Euripides, Greek Poet

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"Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them."

"Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them."

Tryon Edwards, American Theologian

God, Arguments, Facts

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"To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea."

"To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

God, Idea, Mind

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"A man with God is always in the majority."

"A man with God is always in the majority."

John Knox, Scottish Clergyman

God, Majority, Man

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"God's colors all are fast."

"God's colors all are fast."

John Greenleaf Whittier, American Poet

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"Last night the United States dropped four 2,000 pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don't know anything about explosives, but, my God, do those things even need to explode?"

"Last night the United States dropped four 2,000 pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don't know anything about explosives, but, my God, do those things even need to explode?"

David Letterman, American Comedian

God, Bombs, Night, states

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"This is so American, man: either make something your God and cosmos and then worship it, or else kill it."

"This is so American, man: either make something your God and cosmos and then worship it, or else kill it."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

God, Cosmos, Worship

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"Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works."

"Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works."

William Penn, English Leader

God, Kings, Mercy, World

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"Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God."

"Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

God, Faithfulness

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"Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God."

"Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God."

E. Stanley Jones, American Theologian

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"God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you."

"God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

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"There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians."

"There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

God, Politicians, Stars

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"The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day and there I was standing in the crib singing God Bless America."

"The story about me, apocryphal or not, is that I could sing before I spoke. My parents went into bedroom one day and there I was standing in the crib singing God Bless America."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

God, America, Day, Parents

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"The ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God."

"The ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God."

Gottfried Leibniz, German Philosopher

God, Lie, Reason

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"God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible."

"God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible."

Leo Strauss, German Philosopher

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"I was being foolish. An atheist can't stand behind their assertion that God doesn't exist. The stupidest thing I ever could have done was to reject His Truth."

"I was being foolish. An atheist can't stand behind their assertion that God doesn't exist. The stupidest thing I ever could have done was to reject His Truth."

Kirk Cameron, American Actor

God, Truth, Being

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"Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back."

"Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

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"I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture of the early church; which made me feel deeply the contrast with its actual present state; though still, as ever beloved by God."

"I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture of the early church; which made me feel deeply the contrast with its actual present state; though still, as ever beloved by God."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

God, Church, Contrast, Present

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"God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands."

"God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

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"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed."

"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

God, Being, Help, Succeed

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"One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end."

"One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

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"First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend."

"First of all it must be known who the God of heaven is, since upon that all the other things depend."

Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish Scientist

God, First, Heaven

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"It's a humorous statement that doesn't mean anything. You can't lie to God - it's ridiculous."

"It's a humorous statement that doesn't mean anything. You can't lie to God - it's ridiculous."

Jimmy Swaggart, American Clergyman

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"It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point."

"It is God's planet - and he's taking care of it. And I don't believe that anything we do will raise or lower the temperature one point."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

God, Care, Will

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"If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can."

"If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

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"Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think."

"Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think."

Barry Zito, American Athlete

God, People, Sun

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"Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest."

"Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

God, Houses, Rest, Trees

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"God's first creature, which was light."

"God's first creature, which was light."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

God, First, Light

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"From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods."

"From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods."

Virgil, Roman Poet

God, Gods, Example

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"Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness."

"Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness."

Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author

God, Gratitude, Heart, Goodness

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"I do not believe in God, angels and the hereafter."

"I do not believe in God, angels and the hereafter."

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch Politician

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"If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often."

"If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often."

Johannes Tauler, German Theologian

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