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"Let's face it; God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?"

"Let's face it; God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?"

Bill Maher, American Comedian

God, Ego, Worship

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"The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge."

"The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge."

Meister Eckhart, German Philosopher

God, People, Knowledge

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"Jews talk a lot about God. But actually their god, just like Marx said, is money. Cash!"

"Jews talk a lot about God. But actually their god, just like Marx said, is money. Cash!"

George Lincoln Rockwell, American Activist

God, Money, Talk

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"Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around. If you're looking for violent rape imagery, the Bible's right there in your hotel room. If you just want to look up ways to screw people up, there it is, and you're justified because God told you to."

"Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around. If you're looking for violent rape imagery, the Bible's right there in your hotel room. If you just want to look up ways to screw people up, there it is, and you're justified because God told you to."

Penn Jillette, American Entertainer

God, People, Bible, Lying

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"If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it."

"If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it."

Tom Robbins, American Author

God, Country, Crime, Name

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"It'll work, if God, wind, leads, ice, snow, and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing."

"It'll work, if God, wind, leads, ice, snow, and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing."

Matthew Henson, American Explorer

God, Work, Land, Snow

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"At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection."

"At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection."

Lee Greenwood, American Musician

God, People, Strength, Protection

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"If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?"

"If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?"

Aaron Allston, American Novelist

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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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"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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"Only a god can save us."

"Only a god can save us."

Martin Heidegger, German Philosopher

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"I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me."

"I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than many white people have enjoyed, for which I desire to bless God, and pray that he may bless those who have given them to me."

Jupiter Hammon, American Poet

God, People, Desire, May

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"I began to pray those same fervent prayers, lying in bed at night, hoping to see a scroll unrolled from the ceiling with a message from God just for me."

"I began to pray those same fervent prayers, lying in bed at night, hoping to see a scroll unrolled from the ceiling with a message from God just for me."

James Green Somerville, American Minister

God, Bed, Lying, Night

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"In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense; to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever befall, that His will is good, and that His law is right."

"In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense; to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever befall, that His will is good, and that His law is right."

Paul Elmer More, American Critic

God, Men, Virtue, Defense

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"As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions."

"As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions."

Stephen Harper, Canadian Politician

God, Religion, Unity

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"Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies."

"Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

God, Faith, Fight, Spiritual

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"He who loves, never grows old. God it a shining example."

"He who loves, never grows old. God it a shining example."

Sri Chinmoy, Indian Philosopher

God, Example, Old

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"Man is to man either a god or a wolf."

"Man is to man either a god or a wolf."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

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"If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people He gives it to."

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people He gives it to."

Joe Moore, American Celebrity

God, Money, People, Want

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"Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God."

"Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God."

Charles Horton Cooley, American Sociologist

God, Failure, Humanity, Spirit

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"Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do the other things God has commanded us not to do. I disagree."

"Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do the other things God has commanded us not to do. I disagree."

Lee Greenwood, American Musician

God, Lie, People, Conscience

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"I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?"

"I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?"

Tim Robbins, American Actor

God, Party, Vote

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"We learn this by the precepts that Jesus left. He observed that the people were looking outward, and assured them that the kingdom of God cometh not with outward observation; and for this reason, that it was only to be known in man."

"We learn this by the precepts that Jesus left. He observed that the people were looking outward, and assured them that the kingdom of God cometh not with outward observation; and for this reason, that it was only to be known in man."

Elias Hicks, American Clergyman

God, People, Man, Observation

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"Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts."

"Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts."

Plotinus, Egyptian Philosopher

God, Gods, Mankind

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"Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man."

"Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man."

A. E. Housman, English Poet

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"I don't pray because I don't want to bore God."

"I don't pray because I don't want to bore God."

Orson Welles, American Actor

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"It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest."

"It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest."

Lindsay Wagner, American Actress

God, Rest, Sharing

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"Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat."

"Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat."

Julian Huxley, English Scientist

God, Beginning, Smile

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"Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder."

"Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder."

Donald E. Westlake, American Writer

God, Nothing, State, Wonder

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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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"God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored."

"God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

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"I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God's sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving."

"I had looked forward so eagerly to leaving the horrible place, yet when my release came and I knew that God's sunlight was to be free for me again, there was a certain pain in leaving."

Nellie Bly, American Journalist

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"God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive."

"God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

God, Negative, Positive

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"But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?"

"But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?"

Edgar Bergen, American Actor

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"I don't have a religion. I believe in a God. I don't know what it looks like but it's MY god. My own interpretation of the supernatural."

"I don't have a religion. I believe in a God. I don't know what it looks like but it's MY god. My own interpretation of the supernatural."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

God, Religion, Supernatural

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"A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives."

"A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives."

Armstrong Williams, American Journalist

God, Belief, Decisions

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"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes."

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes."

e. e. cummings, American Poet

God, Dream, Day, Infinite

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"The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him."

"The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him."

Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

God, Creation, Magic, Man

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"I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God."

"I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

God, Religious, Spiritual

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"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."

"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves."

"What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

God, Actors, Talking

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"There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something."

"There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something."

Madonna Ciccone, American Musician

God, Moments, Old, Years

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"Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness."

"Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness."

Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author

God, Gratitude, Heart, Goodness

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"God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do."

"God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do."

George Balanchine, Russian Dancer

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"If you call on God to improve the results of a shot while it is still in motion, you are using 'an outside agency' and subject to appropriate penalties under the rules of golf."

"If you call on God to improve the results of a shot while it is still in motion, you are using 'an outside agency' and subject to appropriate penalties under the rules of golf."

Henry Longhurst, British Journalist

God, Golf, Results, Rules

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"I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first."

"I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first."

Thomas More, English Author

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"Thank God for little miracles, right?"

"Thank God for little miracles, right?"

Michael Bergin, American Actor

God, Miracles, Right

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"Oh, for God's sake... get a life, will you?"

"Oh, for God's sake... get a life, will you?"

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

God, Life, Will

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"I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me."

"I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me."

Barbara Mandrell, American Musician

God, Future, Tomorrow

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"If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."

"If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."

Thomas Szasz, American Psychologist

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