Francis Bacon Quotes
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
Quotes to Explore
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You're only as good as your last song. That's something somebody told me, and it's so true. You've just gotta keep putting yourself out there, even promoting 'God Made Girls.'
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It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and they still have the same problem of how they reconcile themselves to a bad deed in the past. It's a little easier if you've got a god to forgive you.
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It seems every year, people make the resolution to exercise and lose weight and get in shape.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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I've spent more money on my theatres since I bought them than I did buying them.
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Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.
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I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
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When I'm called unkind... that really cuts to the quick. You can say anything else that you like about me.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.
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If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.
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There's a Nina Simone record that I love, 'Live at Vine Street,' and she sings flat on it. I can imagine she might've told the record label, 'Oh, God, you're not releasing that!' But I'm glad they did.
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God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken in half.
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God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
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You put the right artist on the right track in the studio and leave the door open to let God in.
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It is not a lack of spiritual experience that leads to failure, but a lack of working to keep our eyes focused and on the right goal. At least once a week examine yourself before God to see if your life is measuring up to the standard He has for you. Paul was like a musician who gives no thought to audience approval, if he can only catch a look of approval from his Conductor.
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I really miss Melbourne food; Melbourne is very snobbish about their caffe culture, and I feel like I've become a snob, too.
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People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth of racial and ethnic tolerance and understanding in my generation in the U.S., and see those sentiments make it around the world, it makes me feel proud.
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God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
