I think it's often assumed that the role of poetry is to comfort, but for me, poetry is the great unsettler. It… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
Americans ... attach such a fantastic importance to their baths and plumbing and gadgets of all sorts. They talk as if people… — Ann Bridge Copy Share Image
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The cross is the foundation of the Bible: If you have not yet found out that Christ crucified is the foundation of… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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This is the biggest mistake I could think would save me. I wanted to give up the idea that I had any… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
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Ideologists of all kinds find a strange sort of comfort in the madness of the crowd; it confirms them in their suspicion… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Whose heart doth hold the Christmas glow Hath little need of Mistletoe; Who bears a smiling grace of mien Need waste no… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share Image
On any given day, my father wasn't likely to return from work before I was asleep for the night. I saw that… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
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The Lord gave the wonderful promise of the free use of His Name with the Father in conjunction with doing His works.… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
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Whatever the cause, I could not meet his sunshine with cloud. If this were my last moment with him, I would not… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Clearly our first task is to use the material wealth of space to solve the urgent problems we now face on Earth:… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
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therefore i live for today- certain of finding at sunrise guidance and strength for the way. power for each moment of weakness,… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
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On this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation, and grant us patience and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
[Tho]ugh death be a dark passage; it leads to immortality, and that is recompense enough for suffering of it. And yet faith… — William Penn Copy Share Image
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My job as an artist is to take all my thoughts and feelings and put them on your iPod so that you… — Lalah Hathaway Copy Share Image
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God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born upon this day, To save us… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
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Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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