Francis Atterbury Quotes
If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections.
Quotes to Explore
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child.
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You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
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I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work.
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I want people to remember that Pakistan is my country. It is like my mother, and I love it dearly. Even if its people hate me, I will still love it.
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Although an important amount of repairs and conservation works have been carried out right from the British period in India these have not compromised to the original qualities of the buildings.
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I have never admitted that I am more than twenty-nine, or thirty at the most. Twenty-nine when there are pink shades, thirty when there are not.
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I gathered that the old fellow suffers from some advanced form of senile dementia, and so perhaps his analysis is not totally accurate.
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There's no other art form in the world that affects me more.
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Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The facts are exactly opposite-the reason we have so much is simply because we discard things so readily. We replace the old in return for something that will serve us better.
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I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.
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I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me.
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I've become quite a serious explorer: I've been to Everest three times; I'm the oldest man to reach the North Pole; and I've just been to the lost world of Venezuela.
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Whether you are graced with the gift of leadership, the gift of athletics, or the gift of creativity, we are called to be good stewards and faithful servants of what is in our hand. No one is exempt, and if you didn’t play your part we would be missing out on the unique grace and the individual strengths that you bring to the here and now. There is a beautiful satisfaction that comes from knowing that we are doing exactly what God made us to do and are being obedient to his calling on our lives. It is as we discover our strengths, and grow comfortable in the grace we have been given, that we will begin to see the promises of God for our wide-open, spacious future begin to take shape.
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The pages of Euclid are like the opening bars of the music of the Grand Opera of Nature's great drama. So to say, they lift the veil and show to our vision a glimpse of a vast world of natural knowledge awaiting study.
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After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.
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The serenity prayer, 'God grant me the strength to accept...' That's a prayer that's actually in my car. I say it every day.
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If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections.
