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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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"God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey."

"God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

God, News, Want

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"God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He required to know His own principle."

"God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He required to know His own principle."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

God, Order, Principles

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"He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride."

"He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride."

John Lennon, English Musician

God, Fact, Fish, Ocean

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"God watches over drunks and third baseman."

"God watches over drunks and third baseman."

Leo Durocher, American Athlete

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"God is a hero."

"God is a hero."

Stacie Orrico, American Musician

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"It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both faiths have at their heart the living image of a community raised up by God's call to reveal to the world what God's purpose is for humanity."

"It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both faiths have at their heart the living image of a community raised up by God's call to reveal to the world what God's purpose is for humanity."

Rowan D. Williams, British Archbishop

God, Heart, Purpose, Community

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"God will not move unless I say it. Why? because He has made us coworkers with Him. He set things up that way."

"God will not move unless I say it. Why? because He has made us coworkers with Him. He set things up that way."

Benny Hinn, Israeli Clergyman

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"God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve."

"God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

God, America, Enemies

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"A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy."

"A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy."

Marian Anderson, American Musician

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"Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth."

"Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth."

J. Carter Brown, American Art Historian

God, Earth, Want

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"God must hate common people, because he made them so common."

"God must hate common people, because he made them so common."

Philip Wylie, American Writer

God, People, Hate

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"It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies."

"It doesn't really matter how much of the rules or the dogma we accepted and lived by if we're not really living by the fundamental creed of the Catholic Church, which is service to others and finding God in ourselves and then seeing God in everyone - including our enemies."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

God, Church, Enemies, Living

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"I am a sociologist, God help me."

"I am a sociologist, God help me."

John O'Neill, American Athlete

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"As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules."

"As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules."

Bobby Vinton, American Musician

God, Drugs, Rules

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"God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that."

"God is a metaphor for that which trancends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that."

Joseph Campbell, American Author

God, Thought, Metaphor

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"The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things."

"The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things."

William Ames, English Philosopher

God, Act, Pleasure, Will

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"Sex is God's joke on human beings."

"Sex is God's joke on human beings."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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"I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass myself."

"I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was going to destroy my career than I didn't have much of a career to start with. I just went for it. God willing I wasn't over the top and didn't embarrass myself."

Elizabeth Pena, American Actress

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"Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June."

"Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June."

Al Bernstein, American Writer

God, Act, Being, June

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"To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish; and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law."

"To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish; and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law."

William Tyndale, English Clergyman

God, Christ, Law, Mankind

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"Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment."

"Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment."

E. Stanley Jones, American Theologian

God, Commitment, Prayer

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"When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up."

"When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up."

Herman Hesse, German Author

God, Childhood, Present, Smile

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"Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will."

"Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will."

Pope Paul VI, Italian Clergyman

God, Act, Listening, Man

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"Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take the last step, which will bring us into the presence of God."

"Each day is a step we make towards eternity and we shall continue thus to step from day to day until we take the last step, which will bring us into the presence of God."

Catherine McAuley, Irish Clergyman

God, Day, Eternity, Will

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"God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word."

"God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word."

Walter Lang, American Director

God, Doubt, Language, Universe

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"Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path."

"Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path."

George Herbert, British Poet

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"Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth."

"Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth."

Ludwig van Beethoven, German Composer

God, Music, Earth, Nothing

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"Sometimes when, you know, God tries to correct you in private and if you don't catch it he'll correct you in public."

"Sometimes when, you know, God tries to correct you in private and if you don't catch it he'll correct you in public."

Star Jones, American Entertainer

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"I realised that God has placed Christians everywhere, to support each other, to support the needy in those areas, and that is the thing that I find is a great plus."

"I realised that God has placed Christians everywhere, to support each other, to support the needy in those areas, and that is the thing that I find is a great plus."

Cliff Richard, English Musician

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"But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession."

"But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession."

Lactantius, Roman Author

God, Sex, Difference

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"When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, "I can't.""

"When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, "I can't.""

Oswald Chambers, Scottish Theologian

God, Question, Spirit

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"I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books."

"I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books."

Lynn Abbey, American Author

God, Books, Freewill, Sense

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"What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine."

"What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

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"Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago."

"Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago."

Billy Eckstine, American Musician

God, Soul, Chicago, Fame

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"And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God - as I read in the word, you're supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on."

"And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God - as I read in the word, you're supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on."

Jim Bakker, American Celebrity

God, Enemies, Word

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"You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good."

"You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good."

Hans Bender, German Psychologist

God, Positive, Consciousness, Devil

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"Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven."

"Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven."

Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet

God, Nature, Desire, Heaven

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"There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually."

"There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually."

Robert Anton Wilson, American Writer

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"God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man."

"God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man."

Arthur Young, English Writer

God, Animals, Man, Plants

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"A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him."

"A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

God, Humanity, Liberty, Respect

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"In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him."

"In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him."

Zach Wamp, American Politician

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"The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions."

"The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

God, Discipline, Decisions, Devotion

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"And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops."

"And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops."

Hans Kung, Swiss Theologian

God, People, Church, Community

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"It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things."

"It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things."

Billy Connolly, Scottish Comedian

God, Christianity, Islam, Judaism

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"When a man's willing and eager the god's join in."

"When a man's willing and eager the god's join in."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"Do not be surprised if I adore as God what you called humanity, since you talked of humanity as if it was empty of spirit and you think in the flesh according to the flesh."

"Do not be surprised if I adore as God what you called humanity, since you talked of humanity as if it was empty of spirit and you think in the flesh according to the flesh."

Michael Servetus, Spanish Scientist

God, Humanity, Spirit

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"For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very narrow concept of what God can be, and it was damn close to an old man with a beard."

"For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very narrow concept of what God can be, and it was damn close to an old man with a beard."

John Cleese, English Actor

God, England, Growing up, Man

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"I find myself thinking: Oh God, now what? I always have to have a new plan, otherwise I get very, very bored."

"I find myself thinking: Oh God, now what? I always have to have a new plan, otherwise I get very, very bored."

Trisha Goddard, English Entertainer

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"And one of my other friends could not believe in God if he came down and tapped her on the shoulder. She's a biologist - a student at UCLA - and I don't judge her either, because I really believe that God is a personal opinion, and only that."

"And one of my other friends could not believe in God if he came down and tapped her on the shoulder. She's a biologist - a student at UCLA - and I don't judge her either, because I really believe that God is a personal opinion, and only that."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

God, Friends, Opinion

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