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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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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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 feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters.
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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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We should look back now and then. Our politicians should look back every now and then.
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To say what or where we came from has nothing to do with what or where we came from. We do not come from there any more, but only from each word that proceeds out of the mouth of the unnamed. And yet sometimes it is our only way of pointing to who we are.
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The smallest hair throws its shadow.
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To allot God a secondary place in life was, to me, inconceivable. Though He is the sole Owner of the cosmos, silently showering us with gifts from life to life, one thing yet remains which He does not own, and which each human heart is empowered to withhold or bestow - man's love.
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Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it.
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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.
