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"I call God to witness that as a private person I have done nothing unbeseeming an honest man, nor, as I bear the place of a public man, have I done anything unworthy of my place."

"I call God to witness that as a private person I have done nothing unbeseeming an honest man, nor, as I bear the place of a public man, have I done anything unworthy of my place."

Francis Walsingham, English Celebrity

God, Man, Nothing, Public

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"They give themselves to God when the Devil will no longer have them."

"They give themselves to God when the Devil will no longer have them."

Sophie Arnould, French Singer

God, Devil, Will

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"Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born."

"Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born."

Deepak Chopra, American Philosopher

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"If we have a heart for the magnitudes of life, it will not seem vain to believe that God Himself should guard it."

"If we have a heart for the magnitudes of life, it will not seem vain to believe that God Himself should guard it."

George A. Smith, American Clergyman

God, Life, Heart, Will

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"If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself."

"If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself."

Kris Kristofferson, American Musician

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"Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song."

"Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song."

Nanci Griffith, American Musician

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"American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I couldn't justify each and every one of them."

"American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I couldn't justify each and every one of them."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

God, Gods, American, Words

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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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"One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God."

"One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God."

Anna Julia Cooper, American Educator

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"There is a god within us."

"There is a god within us."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us."

"We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us."

Barbara Mandrell, American Musician

God, Baby, Night, Sound

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"I think God destined that I play. I think it's all in the books already."

"I think God destined that I play. I think it's all in the books already."

Michelle Wie, American Athlete

God, Books, Play

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"Our soul is not united to our body in the ordinary sense of these terms. It is immediately and directly united to God alone."

"Our soul is not united to our body in the ordinary sense of these terms. It is immediately and directly united to God alone."

Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher

God, Soul, Body, Sense

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"The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying."

"The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying."

Edward Hoagland, American Author

God, Dying, Earth, May

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"The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His Word in his greatest darkness."

"The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His Word in his greatest darkness."

Francis Scott Key, American Author

God, Darkness, Direction, Promise

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"God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple."

"God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple."

Jean Claude Van Damme, Belgian Actor

God, Temple, Body, Care

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"God's creatures, great and small... eat them one, eat them all."

"God's creatures, great and small... eat them one, eat them all."

John A. Simone, Sr., American Executive

God, John A. Simone, Sr.

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"And it is to rock the soul and lead the person to immorality, corruption - to forget their prayers, to forget their God. And thus the world has partaken of the spirit of the Negro race, accepting their ways."

"And it is to rock the soul and lead the person to immorality, corruption - to forget their prayers, to forget their God. And thus the world has partaken of the spirit of the Negro race, accepting their ways."

Warren Jeffs, American Criminal

God, Soul, Corruption, Forget

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"We can't be guided - because we're so far from it. We've so destroyed it. We're so far from that that we can't use it. I mean, Jim Bakker heard from God. What a good job he did!"

"We can't be guided - because we're so far from it. We've so destroyed it. We're so far from that that we can't use it. I mean, Jim Bakker heard from God. What a good job he did!"

Susan Powter, American Celebrity

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"My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!"

"My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!"

Brett Somers, Canadian Actress

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"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is."

"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

God, Being, Statesman

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"I do feel that federation, loose parallel processes, are less than we've got, less than we could have and, in the very long run, less than what God wants in the Church."

"I do feel that federation, loose parallel processes, are less than we've got, less than we could have and, in the very long run, less than what God wants in the Church."

Rowan Williams, English Theologian

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"There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By definition, gods are more powerful than men, and thus quite able to fend for themselves without help."

"There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By definition, gods are more powerful than men, and thus quite able to fend for themselves without help."

Steve Perry, American Musician

God, Men, Gods, Concern

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"God always strives together with those who strive."

"God always strives together with those who strive."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"God is absence. God is the solitude of man."

"God is absence. God is the solitude of man."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

God, Absence, Man, Solitude

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"But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out."

"But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out."

Archibald Alexander, American Clergyman

God, Christ, May, Now

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"But the God of the Bible is not only One, but the only possible One."

"But the God of the Bible is not only One, but the only possible One."

Leo Strauss, German Philosopher

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"The theologians have recognized that the ideal is the imitation of God. If we be a part of such an organic thing, this thing is God to us, as I am God to the cells that compose me."

"The theologians have recognized that the ideal is the imitation of God. If we be a part of such an organic thing, this thing is God to us, as I am God to the cells that compose me."

Charles Fort, American Writer

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"The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible."

"The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

God, Idea, Difficulty, Old

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"To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God."

"To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

God, Successful, Eye

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"I've had my ring since I was 12 years old. But for me it's not something I want to go around saying, 'Hey, look what I have', It's a promise I made to myself and God. I think some people misinterpret that as a trend and think everyone's getting one."

"I've had my ring since I was 12 years old. But for me it's not something I want to go around saying, 'Hey, look what I have', It's a promise I made to myself and God. I think some people misinterpret that as a trend and think everyone's getting one."

Selena Gomez, American Actress

God, People, Old, Promise

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"I thought this must be what God looks like."

"I thought this must be what God looks like."

George Blanda, American Athlete

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"What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me."

"What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

God, Care, Justice

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"To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes."

"To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

God, Eyes, Open, Will

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"God doesn't know things. He is things."

"God doesn't know things. He is things."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that he is so."

"God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that he is so."

Plotinus, Egyptian Philosopher

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"We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle, that I run around with, we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character."

"We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle, that I run around with, we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character."

Luke Scott, American Athlete

God, Character, Country, First

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"Where it all will end, knows God."

"Where it all will end, knows God."

Wolcott Gibbs, American Writer

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"God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected."

"God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected."

Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher

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"Classical philosophical theism maintained the ontological distinction between God and creative world that is necessary for any genuine theism by conceiving them to be of different substances, with particular attributes predicated of each."

"Classical philosophical theism maintained the ontological distinction between God and creative world that is necessary for any genuine theism by conceiving them to be of different substances, with particular attributes predicated of each."

Arthur Peacocke, English Theologian

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"All creatures are united to God alone in an immediate union. They depend essentially and directly upon Him. Being all alike equally impotent, they cannot be in reciprocal dependence upon one another."

"All creatures are united to God alone in an immediate union. They depend essentially and directly upon Him. Being all alike equally impotent, they cannot be in reciprocal dependence upon one another."

Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher

God, Being, Dependence, United

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"O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!"

"O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one."

"When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one."

David Dean Rusk, American Politician

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"As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex."

"As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex."

Adam Sedgwick, British Scientist

God, Anger, Philosophy

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"For those who believe in God the matter is simpler still and clearly than anything else: because those who believe in God believe that God is the Creator of the whole Universe and there is nothing that does not come from Him."

"For those who believe in God the matter is simpler still and clearly than anything else: because those who believe in God believe that God is the Creator of the whole Universe and there is nothing that does not come from Him."

Morarji Desai, Indian Politician

God, Nothing, Universe

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"The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails."

"The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

God, Artist, Creation, Existence

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"No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God."

"No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God."

Roger Williams, English Theologian

God, Inspiration, Man, Nations

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"And malt does more than Milton can To justify the ways of God to man."

"And malt does more than Milton can To justify the ways of God to man."

Alfred Edward Housman, English Poet

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"We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us."

"We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us."

Oswald Chambers, Scottish Theologian

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"This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians."

"This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians."

Gary North, American Writer

God, Satan, World

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