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"It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host."

"It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host."

Jim Bakker, American Celebrity

God, Bible, Spiritual, Talk

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"I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American."

"I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

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"Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything."

"Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists."

"There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

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"The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter."

"The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

God, Truth, End, Error

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"It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me."

"It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

God, People, Past

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"I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics."

"I think we're miserable partly because we have only one god, and that's economics."

James Hillman, American Psychologist

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"What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God."

"What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God."

Kate Millett, American Activist

God, Being, Illness

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"Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it."

"Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

God, Existence, Now, Wind

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"God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees nor hears nor perceives things by any senses like ours; but in a manner infinitely more perfect."

"God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees nor hears nor perceives things by any senses like ours; but in a manner infinitely more perfect."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

God, Affection, Appetite, Passion

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"God is stronger than their strength, more loving than their uttermost love, and in so far as they have loved and sacrificed themselves for others, they have obtained the infallible proof, that God too lives and loves and gives Himself away."

"God is stronger than their strength, more loving than their uttermost love, and in so far as they have loved and sacrificed themselves for others, they have obtained the infallible proof, that God too lives and loves and gives Himself away."

George A. Smith, American Clergyman

God, Love, Strength, Proof

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"Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man."

"Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

God, Belief, Man

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"The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express and a heart conceive."

"The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express and a heart conceive."

Johannes Tauler, German Theologian

God, Heart, Spirit, Tongue

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"God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again."

"God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again."

Robert South, English Clergyman

God, Father, Purpose, May

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"We stand strong together - as Americans - many cultures, races and faiths, but one nation under God."

"We stand strong together - as Americans - many cultures, races and faiths, but one nation under God."

Bob Taft, American Politician

God, Americans, Nation

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"The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness."

"The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"God is the place where I do not remember the rest."

"God is the place where I do not remember the rest."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

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"A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands."

"A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

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"Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed."

"Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed."

Francis Maude, British Politician

God, Party, Right, Succeed

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"I'm a survivor of life. I try to give the glory to God and appreciate what's happening to me."

"I'm a survivor of life. I try to give the glory to God and appreciate what's happening to me."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

God, Life, Glory

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"No person ever gave me nothing but God."

"No person ever gave me nothing but God."

Suge Knight, American Producer

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"This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only to destroy each other."

"This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only to destroy each other."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

God, Contradiction, Humanity, Lies

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"All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold."

"All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold."

Anita Brookner, English Historian

God, Gods, Being, Fortune

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"Fortunately, I was supposed to look confused and disoriented because, God, I felt that way."

"Fortunately, I was supposed to look confused and disoriented because, God, I felt that way."

Dick York, American Actor

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"Oh, my God, this amazing cool breeze is coming through my window and the sun is shining. I'm happy."

"Oh, my God, this amazing cool breeze is coming through my window and the sun is shining. I'm happy."

Liv Tyler, American Actress

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"I mean, I haven't been around very long. I can't expect everyone to have seen 'The House Bunny'. Oh God. I am having such waves of internal embarrassment, which now I'm admitting on a tape recorder. This is so one of the things I should keep in my head."

"I mean, I haven't been around very long. I can't expect everyone to have seen 'The House Bunny'. Oh God. I am having such waves of internal embarrassment, which now I'm admitting on a tape recorder. This is so one of the things I should keep in my head."

Emma Stone, American Actress

God, Embarrassment, Now

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"When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live."

"When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

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"Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that."

"Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that."

Aretha Franklin, American Musician

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"Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks."

"Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks."

Lin Yutang, Chinese Author

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"It will kill four times as many Americans as AIDS will over the next decade. I feel that what ever kind of disability God has given me, as an entertainer and as a public figure, it is so I can be a representative for others."

"It will kill four times as many Americans as AIDS will over the next decade. I feel that what ever kind of disability God has given me, as an entertainer and as a public figure, it is so I can be a representative for others."

Naomi Judd, American Musician

God, Americans, Disability, Public

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"For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image."

"For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

God, Power, Man, Word

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"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed."

"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed."

Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman

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"I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God."

"I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God."

Keith Miller, American Author

God, Purpose, Will

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"It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us."

"It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

God, Man, Struggle

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"I have two young children with autism. What could they have ever done to deserve that? What kind of a God allows the innocent to suffer? It's a mystery. Yet still, I believe in God."

"I have two young children with autism. What could they have ever done to deserve that? What kind of a God allows the innocent to suffer? It's a mystery. Yet still, I believe in God."

Fred Melamed, American Actor

God, Children, Mystery

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"You never know God is all you need until God is all you have."

"You never know God is all you need until God is all you have."

Rick Warren, American Writer

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"God is ever present. He's in every breath, in every step. He's here, always, always."

"God is ever present. He's in every breath, in every step. He's here, always, always."

Jill Scott, American Musician

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"I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany that they weren't paying me for my acting, for God's sake, but to own me. And from then on, it became clear and an awful lot easier to deal with."

"I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany that they weren't paying me for my acting, for God's sake, but to own me. And from then on, it became clear and an awful lot easier to deal with."

Angela Carter, English Novelist

God, Acting, Night

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"It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven."

"It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer

God, Artist, Force, Heaven

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"God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs."

"God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

God, Bible, Man

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"The terrible, diabolic thing with this disease is that you are always looking behind your shoulder every couple months with the most recent checkup to see whether there is any sign of it, and I thank God to say at this point there is not."

"The terrible, diabolic thing with this disease is that you are always looking behind your shoulder every couple months with the most recent checkup to see whether there is any sign of it, and I thank God to say at this point there is not."

Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian Writer

God, Disease, Months

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"Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural."

"Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural."

Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist

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"From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties."

"From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties."

Linda Chavez, American Author

God, Performance, Name, Washington

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"It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash."

"It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

God, Growth, Old

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"Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my substantiality outside God, of my original existence."

"Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my substantiality outside God, of my original existence."

Moses Mendelssohn, German Philosopher

God, Consciousness, Existence, Ignorance

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"It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all."

"It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

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"True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings."

"True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings."

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer

God, Children, Future, Goodness

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"I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up."

"I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up."

Lisa Bonet, American Actress

God, Friend, Growing up

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"I am, therefore there is a God."

"I am, therefore there is a God."

Moses Mendelssohn, German Philosopher

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"Why does God endow us with compassion?"

"Why does God endow us with compassion?"

Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

God, Compassion

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