Lyman Beecher Quotes
[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It threw them wholly on their own resources and on God.
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During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
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I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.
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I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States.
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I think with girlfriends, you always want your girlfriends to make the decisions for themselves, not based on a boy, not based on anything other than, 'Is this what you want?' Is this you know what you want to do?' And that's real support to me.
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
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God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.
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If you support amnesty, you should vote for the Democrats.
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I unabashedly, unashamedly, unequivocally support the explosion of entrepreneurs in the capitalist system.
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In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.
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I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.
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My fans are going to support me through thick and thin; 100 per cent, they'll always support me.
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It's amazing what you'll discover if you start exploring what God has placed within you.
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I work hard and support myself.
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I think often that God is guiding me.
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I don't believe in 'thinking' old. Although I've transitioned through many bodies - a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult - my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life.
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Willingness to be damned for the glory of God.
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It's great when women support women. We need more women out there supporting women.
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God's truth is helped by no man's ignorance.
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I do not believe wealthy candidates should spend vast resources in their own campaigns.
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It'd be negligent to say that I don't want to be at the top of the charts. Of course I do, it's proof that your song is being heard. But I think it's more about the work for me and being proud of what I'm doing in music than what people think about my music. I want to like my music before you like it. I don't want to sell anything that I don't really like. I don't want to sell myself short just to get to the top of the charts. It doesn't feel that great. Feeling proud of your work feels greater than being at the top of the charts.
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You kind of create your own moral universe. It's like, well, I like myself. If other people don't like me, then whatever. I'm out of here.
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I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'
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It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things, the interests and motives, the leading ideas of his literary activity.
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[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It threw them wholly on their own resources and on God.
