Nancy Mairs Quotes
God enters the world through those of us who are willing to let God participate fully in our lives.
Nancy Mairs
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During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
Kate Smith
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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.
Ed Miliband
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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.
Nathan Fillion
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We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
Saint Ignatius
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Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a really big fan of, altogether as a whole, not just from MTV. Like, if ABC has another reality show, I'm like, 'Oh God, another reality show.' But people love them. 'The Hills', 'Laguna Beach'... those do extremely well. It's just a personal preference.
Damien Fahey
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If you want to bring down the prices of healthcare and education, the answer will be more innovation, more technology, which will then have the effect of freaking everybody out and saying, 'Oh, my God, you're going to kill all the jobs.'
Marc Andreesen
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The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.
Igor Stravinsky
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The fundamental purpose of Jesus was the establishment of the kingdom of God, which involved a thorough regeneration and reconstitution of social life.
Walter Rauschenbusch
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Rock Hudson was on his deathbed, going, 'It was that last fucking dick... god DAMN it, why did I suck it, WHY DID I SUCK IT!?!? I was ahead of the game, Mister! Million of dicks, never had a problem before-dick, dick, dick, suck, suck, suck; dick, dick, dick, suck, suck, suck. Never had a problem-IT WAS THAT LAST GODDAMN DICK!!!'
Sam Kinison
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At last the god cometh! The air runs over with splendor; The fire leaps high on the altar; Melodious thunders shake the ground. Hark to the Delphic responses! Hark! it is the god!
Edmund Clarence Stedman
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Saints do not die. It is their lot, To die while on this earth to all that God is not.
Angelus Silesius
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For those who want ‘to change life', ‘to reinvent love,’ God is nothing but a hindrance.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things.
Lactantius
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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
Carl Sagan
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about the Chicago Cubs being swept by the L.A. Dodgers in the 2008 NLDS: How about next year, we only let the Cubs play using steroids?
Jay Leno
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When I see things that are inspiring, I must write a song about it. Some people make a t-shirt or slap something on a wall with paint, but I must make music and freestyle rap.
Flula Borg
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If you start the day not really expecting substantial change, but anticipating some small new revelation or some small alteration, then over time you're able to find them in more places.
Ian Bogost
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God enters the world through those of us who are willing to let God participate fully in our lives.
Nancy Mairs