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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Michel Platini has no bottle. He is not a great player.
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More oftentimes than not, you're automatically guilty before innocent.
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Some people wonder why they can't have faith for healing. They feed their body three hot meals a day, and their spirit one cold snack a week.
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I found myself in a maze where I'd taken the wrong turn. In my wish to do well for that congregation I wasn't doing particularly well for myself or my friends or my family, and I even found that the work for God was taking me away from God.
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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.