Samuel Butler Quotes
Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
Samuel Butler
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There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened.
Abu Bakr
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I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.
Sam Brownback
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
Patricia Marx
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Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.
Barry Zito
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I think God has blessed this country with enormous natural resources, and we should pursue all of the above. We should be developing oil, and gas, and coal, and nuclear, and wind, and solar, and ethanol, and biofuels. But, I don't believe that Washington should be picking winners and losers.
Ted Cruz
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When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.
Abu Bakr
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I hope to bring people to God with my songs.
Mahalia Jackson
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Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
Randy Newman
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God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.
Ralph Steadman
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When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.
Laura Linney
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'
Bebe Rexha
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
Candace Bushnell
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I seek out things that terrify me, like an improv class. I'm terrified of sharks, but I scuba dive. I'm not good at auditioning, but I force myself to do it all the time. I've never met anybody who is fearless, but the more you push against your own boundaries, the easier it becomes to push.
Cobie Smulders
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I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is.
Warren Zevon
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On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
Henry David Thoreau
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'(infuriated)' I'M GONNA WRECK IT!
John C. Reilly
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Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
Samuel Butler
