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People are looking for something new at the end of the day, and I think when people can do something new and… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
The answer to our prayer of how to meet our children’s needs may be to more often technologically disconnect. Precious moments of… — Rosemary M. Wixom Copy Share Image
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Poets are immersed in process, and I mean process not as an amorphous blur but as a discipline. The hard work of… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
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I'd like to refocus everyone's attention away from the Kardashians and onto Doctors Without Borders or aid workers. Let's redefine scandal. Scandal… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
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If the Bible is not the Word of God and inspired, the whole of Christendom for 1800 years has been under an… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The labouring poor, to use a vulgar expression, seem always to live from hand to mouth. Their present wants employ their whole… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
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