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It is interesting that liberals don't mind a strong faith at all. When it's their guy with a strong faith - whether… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
Ruth has friends like other people have wardrobes. I mean that there's someone for every occasion. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
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Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
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We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Kissinger projects a strong impression of a man at home in the world and on top of his brief. But there are… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Scotsmen, she had occasion to observe, often did have nice knees. Perhaps that was why they insisted upon kilts. — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
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