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God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
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Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you… — Arnold Sommerfeld Copy Share Image
We [US government] have used our taxpayer dollars not only to subsidize these banks but also to subsidize the creditors of those… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
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Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Hamas must agree to first recognize Israel, second to end all violence, third to accept past agreements. Try to find a mention… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
On all the walls, wherever walls exist, I will inscribe this eternal indictment of Christianity--I have letters to make even blindmen see…… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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The First Crusade ... set off on its two-thousand-mile jaunt by massacring Jews, plundering and slaughtering all the way from the Rhine… — Herbert J. Muller Copy Share Image
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... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
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Sally Barris has a voice like sparkling crystal. You could have knocked me over with a feather the first time I heard… — Kathy Mattea Copy Share Image
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Well, it was interesting because when I was going to do it the first time in my head was Leonardo DiCaprio [for… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
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Can and must! The proclamation of this new conception of [Joseph Stalin] is closed by the same words, "Such are in general… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image