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		The highest point of Christian experience is to press forward. It is a distinguishing trait in the character of every good man that he grows in grace. Grace in the heart as certainly improves and advances, as a tree thrives in a kindly and well watered soil.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gardiner Spring 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olympia Dukakis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivia Colman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Donaldson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harold Ford, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zakk Wylde 
			 
			
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		What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barney Frank 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karan Mahajan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Feisal Abdul Rauf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. K. Simmons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's constantly fascinating for me that something that feels absolutely right one year, 12 months later feels like the wrong thing to do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damian Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maggie Grace 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Years and years ago, when everyone knew that Pierce was going to be doing the job, they started selecting new people. I had this bizarre thing when I hadn't done many movies, and of going on for an interview. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jeremy Northam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are two evil futurities and one good. A miserable future existence is evil; and annihilation, or nigban, is an evil - a fearful evil. A happy future existence is alone good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adoniram Judson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to dieāthat takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Alistair Maclean 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		O.K., if the desire to knock America off its pedestal, to redistribute American income to other countries, to shrink America's footprint in the world, makes you anti-American, then Obama is in fact anti-American. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dinesh D'Souza 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The highest point of Christian experience is to press forward. It is a distinguishing trait in the character of every good man that he grows in grace. Grace in the heart as certainly improves and advances, as a tree thrives in a kindly and well watered soil. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gardiner Spring