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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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"I thank God for making me a man."

"I thank God for making me a man."

Little Richard, American Musician

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"God uses whoever he wants."

"God uses whoever he wants."

Dyan Cannon, American Actress

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"God knows, we don't want prayer."

"God knows, we don't want prayer."

Oliver North, American Soldier

God, Prayer, Want

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"The groves were God's first temples."

"The groves were God's first temples."

William C. Bryant, American Poet

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"I am very grateful to God everyday that my eyes flutter open and I can jump out of that bed!"

"I am very grateful to God everyday that my eyes flutter open and I can jump out of that bed!"

Jerry Reed, American Musician

God, Eyes, Open

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"God is in the details."

"God is in the details."

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, American Architect

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"In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone."

"In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone."

Geoffrey Fisher, British Clergyman

God, Society, Man, Responsibility

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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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"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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"Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?"

"Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?"

O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

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"There's only one God. Call him whatever you want."

"There's only one God. Call him whatever you want."

Arlo Guthrie, American Musician

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"Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could."

"Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could."

Len Wein, American Cartoonist

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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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"God never made a promise that was too good to be true."

"God never made a promise that was too good to be true."

Dwight L. Moody, American Clergyman

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"The real "action" in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential."

"The real "action" in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential."

Joseph Ratzinger, German Clergyman

God, Action, Christian

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"But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite."

"But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite."

Origen, Greek Theologian

God, Beginning, Being

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"That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians."

"That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians."

William Blake, English Poet

God, Benefits, Right, Will

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"I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is."

"I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is."

Josh McDowell, American Writer

God, Life, Christian

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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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"To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic spheres need moral responsibility, a responsibility that is born in man's heart and, in the end, has to do with the presence or absence of God."

"To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic spheres need moral responsibility, a responsibility that is born in man's heart and, in the end, has to do with the presence or absence of God."

Joseph Ratzinger, German Clergyman

God, Heart, Absence, End

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"By night an atheist half believes in a God."

"By night an atheist half believes in a God."

Edward Young, English Poet

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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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"Oddly enough, George Pal always began and ended something with The Bible. All his pictures had a religious undertone. God was always there, protecting us."

"Oddly enough, George Pal always began and ended something with The Bible. All his pictures had a religious undertone. God was always there, protecting us."

Ann Robinson, American Actress

God, Bible, Religious

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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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"Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors."

"Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors."

John Ralston Saul, Canadian Author

God, Leaders, Risk

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"God is always in my life, and that's the most important thing to me."

"God is always in my life, and that's the most important thing to me."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

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"We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people."

"We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

God, People, End, Pity

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"Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it."

"Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it."

Andrew Greeley, American Clergyman

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"I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty."

"I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty."

John Howard, Australian Statesman

God, Difficulty, Queen

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"I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country."

"I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country."

Ed Miliband, British Politician

God, People, Country, Religious

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"Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven."

"Man wants to be reconciled to God; wants to know that the past is forgiven."

Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman

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"Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls."

"Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls."

Robert D. Ballard, American Scientist

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"Adoration is caring for God above all else."

"Adoration is caring for God above all else."

Evelyn Underhill, English Writer

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"People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God."

"People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

God, People, Church

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"I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God."

"I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God."

Robert Browning, English Poet

God, End, Fight, Privacy

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"Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force."

"Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force."

Auberon Herbert, British Philosopher

God, Feet, Force, Rights

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"If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions."

"If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions."

Malcolm Bradbury, English Novelist

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"An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others."

"An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others."

Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman

God, Children, Infinite, May

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"He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world."

"He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world."

J. D. Salinger, American Novelist

God, Life, People, Religious

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"When Julia and I broke up and I was really scared to go into a market or anywhere because I thought, 'Oh God, everyone must hate me. And that wasn't the case. People said, 'I'm sorry this happened, man. Are you alright?'"

"When Julia and I broke up and I was really scared to go into a market or anywhere because I thought, 'Oh God, everyone must hate me. And that wasn't the case. People said, 'I'm sorry this happened, man. Are you alright?'"

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

God, Thought, People, Hate

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"If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough."

"If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough."

Harold MacMillan, English Politician

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"Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God."

"Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God."

Henry Adams, American Historian

God, Man, Trying

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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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"In our pledge every day, we pledge one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all."

"In our pledge every day, we pledge one Nation under God with liberty and justice for all."

Patrick J. Kennedy, American Politician

God, Day, Justice, Liberty

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"Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured."

"Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured."

Origen, Greek Theologian

God, Truth, Being

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"God isn't dead - he's just missing in action."

"God isn't dead - he's just missing in action."

Phil Ochs, American Musician

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"One on God's side is a majority."

"One on God's side is a majority."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

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"Job plunges into a series of demands on and accusations of God which may be and indeed are epigrams of high intelligence, but are not noticeably patient."

"Job plunges into a series of demands on and accusations of God which may be and indeed are epigrams of high intelligence, but are not noticeably patient."

Charles Williams, English Editor

God, Intelligence, Accusations, Epigrams

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