Orson Pratt Quotes
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, 'My graduation was so much cooler than this.' I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech.
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I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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I believe that, too, it's hard to believe that anybody could not believe that.
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We have an idea that the man should help pay for the child. But we don't have a law that says a man has to support any woman he gets pregnant. Why is that? Because she doesn't have the baby yet. But if we're going to say it's a human being, then he should be supporting her during pregnancy.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
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Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning.
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Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
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Il n'y a pas une idée qui ne porte en elle sa réfutation possible, un mot, le mot contraire.
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In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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It is difficult to conceive any situation more painful than to watch the lingering agony of an exhausted country, to tend it during the alternate fits of stupefaction and raving which precede its dissolution, and to see the symptoms of vitality disappear one by one, till nothing is left but coldness, darkness, and corruption.
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The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.
