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"In a world without the law of God, you have chaos, oppression, tyranny, and everyone doing what is right in their own eyes."

"In a world without the law of God, you have chaos, oppression, tyranny, and everyone doing what is right in their own eyes."

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

God, Chaos, Eyes, Law

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"Man proposes, and God disposes."

"Man proposes, and God disposes."

Ludovico Ariosto, Italian Poet

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"I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person."

"I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person."

Rita Dove, American Poet

God, Thought, Dream

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"If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem."

"If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem."

I. F. Stone, American Journalist

God, Doubt, Now, Solution

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"Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't."

"Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't."

Alan Cohen, American Businessman

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"The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God."

"The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God."

Charles Stanley, American Clergyman

God, Language, Religious, World

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"Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems inadequate."

"Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems inadequate."

Richard P. Feynman, American Physicist

God, Deep, End, Evil

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"You don't have to be peculiar to find God."

"You don't have to be peculiar to find God."

Evelyn Underhill, English Writer

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"Peter was sick of being a pop star, the guitar god, and so he decided to teach himself other instruments. Among the instruments that he picked up was the mandolin."

"Peter was sick of being a pop star, the guitar god, and so he decided to teach himself other instruments. Among the instruments that he picked up was the mandolin."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

God, Being, Guitar

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"Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old."

"Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old."

Mary H. Waldrip, American Author

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"God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful."

"God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful."

Martha Reeves, American Musician

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"If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead."

"If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead."

William Law, English Clergyman

God, Difference, End, First

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"Songwriting is my gift from God."

"Songwriting is my gift from God."

Smokey Robinson, American Musician

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"Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke."

"Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke."

Willa Cather, American Author

God, Women, Talent, Wonder

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"I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I."

"I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I."

David Brainerd, American Clergyman

God, Fear, Mercy

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"I'm into a casual-dressing girl: blue jeans and a tank top is super sexy. But the sexiest thing on a girl - when I see it I'm like, oh my God - is these little tight boxers. Don't get me wrong, g-strings are fine, but those cover a little, to where it's just enough."

"I'm into a casual-dressing girl: blue jeans and a tank top is super sexy. But the sexiest thing on a girl - when I see it I'm like, oh my God - is these little tight boxers. Don't get me wrong, g-strings are fine, but those cover a little, to where it's just enough."

Jensen Ackles, American Actor

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"A God all mercy is a God unjust."

"A God all mercy is a God unjust."

Edward Young, English Poet

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"Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit."

"Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit."

Babe Ruth, American Athlete

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"If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't."

"If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't."

Hyman Rickover, American Soldier

God, Bureaucracy, Sin, Will

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"The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message."

"The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

God, People, Benefits, Value

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"Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end."

"Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end."

Jerry Seinfeld, American Comedian

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"Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!"

"Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!"

Angelina Jolie, American Actress

God, Self, Struggle, Wrong

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"Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic."

"Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic."

Carl Olson, American Athlete

God, Politics, Being, Nothing

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"Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?"

"Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?"

Lily Tomlin, American Actress

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"But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that."

"But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that."

Donna Summer, American Musician

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"And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man."

"And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man."

A. E. Housman, English Poet

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"Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better."

"Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

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"We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors."

"We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors."

Malcolm De Chazal, French Writer

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"I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night after I'd had a bath, after I had washed my hair and scrubbed my knuckles and finger-nails and teeth. Then I could lie quite still in the dark with my face to the window with the trees in it, and talk to God."

"I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night after I'd had a bath, after I had washed my hair and scrubbed my knuckles and finger-nails and teeth. Then I could lie quite still in the dark with my face to the window with the trees in it, and talk to God."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

God, Lie, Hair, Night

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"Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens."

"Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens."

Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist

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"Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart."

"Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

God, Heart, Eyes, Mercy

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"Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away."

"Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away."

Jim Elliot, American Clergyman

God, Soul, Law, Laws

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"He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge."

"He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge."

Daniel D. Palmer, Canadian Celebrity

God, Father, Laws

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"Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God."

"Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God."

Ramakrishna, Indian Leader

God, Vision, Dawn, Longing

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"Everyone is a son or daughter of god."

"Everyone is a son or daughter of god."

David Icke, English Athlete

God, Son, Daughter

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"God, he deals you blows that at sometimes you think you can't handle and in the last year there have been things that we thought we couldn't handle but we've dealt with it up until this point."

"God, he deals you blows that at sometimes you think you can't handle and in the last year there have been things that we thought we couldn't handle but we've dealt with it up until this point."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

God, Thought, Deals

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"My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations."

"My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations."

Della Reese, American Musician

God, Mother, Friend

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"Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link."

"Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

God, Communication, Separation

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"It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors."

"It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors."

Sam Levenson, American Author

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"The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they don't at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's."

"The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they don't at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's."

Jeane Kirkpatrick, American Diplomat

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"Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing."

"Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing."

Olga Korbut, Russian Athlete

God, First, Now, Years

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"Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them."

"Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them."

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

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"Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans."

"Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

God, People, Idea, Chance

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"I can't believe we're in the middle of the fifth season, and if this is all there is, my God, it went fast."

"I can't believe we're in the middle of the fifth season, and if this is all there is, my God, it went fast."

Bruce Boxleitner, American Actor

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"The moment you enlist in the army of God, you personally become a target. You need to remember that if you're living for and walking with Jesus Christ, the powers of darkness are aligned against you."

"The moment you enlist in the army of God, you personally become a target. You need to remember that if you're living for and walking with Jesus Christ, the powers of darkness are aligned against you."

Walter Martin, American Clergyman

God, Army, Christ, Darkness

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"There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God."

"There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God."

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish Journalist

God, Religion, Authority, First

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"If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have."

"If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

God, Act, Girls

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"They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind."

"They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

God, Thought, Woman

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"God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light."

"God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light."

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator

God, Darkness, Light, Reason

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"Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution."

"Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

God, Knowledge, Deception, Persecution

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