Benjamin Stillingfleet Quotes
Prayer among men is supposed a means to change the person to whom we pray; but prayer to God doth not change him, but fits us to receive the things prayed for.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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The Hispanic population in this country is not a monolith. When you're in Miami, the newscast is going to be different from the newscast in Los Angeles.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.
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All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.
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I'm a Cubs fan. As a kid, the Cubs were my team.
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He who frames the question wins the debate.
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I am such a political person.
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So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.
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The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks.
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I always have to just be myself. Anything else, I'm not happy, and it comes out musically.
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A little showbiz never hurt anyone.
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I've always been an old soul.
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Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labor's monuments and statues are when a young person can find a job, when a person with disability can get access to the ordinary life that others take for granted.
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The most challenging project I've ever done, I think, is every single thing I've ever tried to do. It's never easy.
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If you are of the truth, if you have learned the truth, if you see the sanctity of the truth, then speak truth. We are not called to be deceivers or liars. God is a God of truth, and His people are called to have an enormously high standard of truth.
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Prayer among men is supposed a means to change the person to whom we pray; but prayer to God doth not change him, but fits us to receive the things prayed for.
