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

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

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

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"To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe."

"To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe."

E. Stanley Jones, American Theologian

God, Nature, Brother, Son

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"It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him."

"It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

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"Each of us is incomplete compared to someone else - an animal's incomplete compared to a person... and a person compared to God, who is complete only to be imaginary."

"Each of us is incomplete compared to someone else - an animal's incomplete compared to a person... and a person compared to God, who is complete only to be imaginary."

Georges Bataille, French Writer

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"I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last."

"I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

God, Time, Day, Feeling

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"If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides."

"If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides."

Charles Montesquieu, French Philosopher

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"Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which."

"Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which."

Algernon Charles Swinburne, English Poet

God, Body, Spirit

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"God doesn't go to jail for the pound of weed you got caught going over the Laredo with - even though he apparently has the knowledge, power, and care to prevent it - you go to jail. God passes go and the courts collect two hundred dollars."

"God doesn't go to jail for the pound of weed you got caught going over the Laredo with - even though he apparently has the knowledge, power, and care to prevent it - you go to jail. God passes go and the courts collect two hundred dollars."

Stephen Evans, American Editor

God, Power, Knowledge, Care

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"I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think something's gonna be a huge success, and it isn't. And sometimes you pay no attention to something whatsoever, and God just makes it into everything."

"I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think something's gonna be a huge success, and it isn't. And sometimes you pay no attention to something whatsoever, and God just makes it into everything."

Donna Summer, American Musician

God, Success, Attention, Will

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"We were constantly hearing it repeated, that we must never again look upon ourselves as our own; but must remember, that we were solemnly and irrevocably devoted to God."

"We were constantly hearing it repeated, that we must never again look upon ourselves as our own; but must remember, that we were solemnly and irrevocably devoted to God."

Maria Monk, Canadian Celebrity

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"God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you."

"God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

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"Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit.""

"Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit.""

Bill Maher, American Comedian

God, Fire, Man, Suicide

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"Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line. This line belongs to all of us. Surely this is a line of God."

"Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line. This line belongs to all of us. Surely this is a line of God."

Russell Brand, English Comedian

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"I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me."

"I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

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"God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear."

"God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear."

Ruby Dee, American Actress

God, Fear, Will

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"Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God."

"Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God."

Ernest Holmes, American Theologian

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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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"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world."

"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world."

Benjamin Harrison, American President

God, Americans, Police, World

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"We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom His invitation is addressed."

"We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom His invitation is addressed."

Rowan Williams, English Theologian

God, Commitment

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"The Law of God reaches into every area of life, and it brings about incredible blessing and incredible freedom."

"The Law of God reaches into every area of life, and it brings about incredible blessing and incredible freedom."

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

God, Life, Freedom, Law

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"What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God."

"What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God."

Eleanor Powell, American Actress

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"Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product."

"Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

God, Sermons, Sound

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"When they were in Papua New Guinea, God just totally grabbed a hold of Will's heart and totally changed him. And within three months he was saved and he's never looked back since."

"When they were in Papua New Guinea, God just totally grabbed a hold of Will's heart and totally changed him. And within three months he was saved and he's never looked back since."

Michael Scott, American Television Character

God, Heart, Months, Will

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"Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet."

"Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

God, Independence

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"God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate!"

"God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate!"

Troy Perry, American Clergyman

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"Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God."

"Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God."

Peace Pilgrim, American Activist

God, Awareness, Oneness, State

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"We get done with the game, and it's an absolute downpour 30 minutes later. That's when I thought God was telling me that's enough-time for you to go do something else."

"We get done with the game, and it's an absolute downpour 30 minutes later. That's when I thought God was telling me that's enough-time for you to go do something else."

John Elway, American Athlete

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"I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day."

"I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day."

Jane Grey, British Royalty

God, People, Christian, Day

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"This is the law of God by which He makes His way known to man and is paramount to all human control."

"This is the law of God by which He makes His way known to man and is paramount to all human control."

Rufus King, American Lawyer

God, Control, Law, Man

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"Is it possible that the portrait of the divine Son of God is an exaggeration, at best, or a complete fabrication, at worst, of the original Jesus?"

"Is it possible that the portrait of the divine Son of God is an exaggeration, at best, or a complete fabrication, at worst, of the original Jesus?"

John Clayton, American Journalist

God, Son, Exaggeration

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"God is the Creator; Satan is the counterfeiter."

"God is the Creator; Satan is the counterfeiter."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

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"I find it difficult to believe that God would want us to strip the courts of their powers to interpret the laws of this land, albeit with the divergent opinions. I shudder that my colleagues do not understand the dynamics of the Federal judiciary."

"I find it difficult to believe that God would want us to strip the courts of their powers to interpret the laws of this land, albeit with the divergent opinions. I shudder that my colleagues do not understand the dynamics of the Federal judiciary."

Alcee Hastings, American Politician

God, Land, Laws, Opinions

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"We groove off of everything, any sort of live show. The inner dialogue you're having with yourself, between you and the music, is for me the search for God."

"We groove off of everything, any sort of live show. The inner dialogue you're having with yourself, between you and the music, is for me the search for God."

Tina Weymouth, American Musician

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"Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things."

"Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things."

Origen, Greek Theologian

God, Life, Progress, Now

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"Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves."

"Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves."

Robert Southey, English Poet

God, Affliction, Man

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"God did not give you the spirit of cowardice."

"God did not give you the spirit of cowardice."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

God, Cowardice, Spirit

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"Cause I was such a novice and thank God that Sarah was as seasoned as she was because she was really a great leader in that regard in the sense that she would communicate really well with the crew."

"Cause I was such a novice and thank God that Sarah was as seasoned as she was because she was really a great leader in that regard in the sense that she would communicate really well with the crew."

Charisma Carpenter, American Actress

God, Leader, Cause, Sense

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"People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God's sake, I'm not producing a Radio 4 Play for Today, I'm making a movie that people are going to look at."

"People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God's sake, I'm not producing a Radio 4 Play for Today, I'm making a movie that people are going to look at."

Ridley Scott, British Director

God, People, Attention, Play

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"I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God."

"I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God."

Peter Jennings, Canadian Journalist

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"As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer."

"As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer."

Nick Rahall, American Politician

God, Faith, People, Nation

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"The Biblical world view sees Earth and its ecosystems as the effect of a wise God's creation and... therefore robust, resilient, and self-regulating, like the product of any good engineer."

"The Biblical world view sees Earth and its ecosystems as the effect of a wise God's creation and... therefore robust, resilient, and self-regulating, like the product of any good engineer."

Christopher Monckton, British Politician

God, Creation, Earth, Effect

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"Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years."

"Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years."

Johannes Tauler, German Theologian

God, Man, Martyr, Voice

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"Normally, we see characters that have God complexes. How interesting, I thought, it would be to capitalize on that. And say, OK, well fine, you have a God complex, well this person has a Satan complex. And the doctor chooses to treat him scientifically."

"Normally, we see characters that have God complexes. How interesting, I thought, it would be to capitalize on that. And say, OK, well fine, you have a God complex, well this person has a Satan complex. And the doctor chooses to treat him scientifically."

Eriq La Salle, American Actor

God, Thought, Satan

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