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title: "55 Playing god Quotes by 52 authors"
description: "Browse 55 Playing god quotes by 52 authors. Discover the best Playing god sayings and thoughts."
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> [You've been playing gods-and-witches again, that's clear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/you-ve-been-playing-gods-and-witches-again-that-s-clear/)

[Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/)

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> [Easter is always the answer to "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/easter-is-always-the-answer-to-my-god-my-god-why-hast-thou-forsaken-me/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [“People say we are playing God. My answer is: If we don't play God, who will?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/people-say-we-are-playing-god-my-answer-is-if-we-don-t-play-god-who/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

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> [“Playing God is as dangerous for God as it is for humans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-hammond/playing-god-is-as-dangerous-for-god-as-it-is-for-humans/)

[George Hammond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-hammond/)

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> [When we stop playing God, God can play through us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/when-we-stop-playing-god-god-can-play-through-us/)

[Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-cameron/)

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> [ God does not play dice \[with the universe\]. \[Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/god-does-not-play-dice-with-the-universe-ger-gott-wurfelt-nicht/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [In the game of life, we dont know all the rules but still we are playing where God is umpiring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikrant-parsai/in-the-game-of-life-we-dont-know-all-the-rules-but-still-we-are/)

[Vikrant Parsai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikrant-parsai/)

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> [I'm just out here playing with all my God-given ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jalen-ramsey/i-m-just-out-here-playing-with-all-my-god-given-ability/)

[Jalen Ramsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jalen-ramsey/)

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> [“It's just my humble opinion But it's one that I believe in You don't deserve a point of view If the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramore/it-s-just-my-humble-opinion-but-it-s-one-that-i-believe-in-you-don-t/)

[Paramore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramore/)

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> [You cannot have man legislating and playing God in Parliament, and at the same time believe that Allah is the only legislator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-cannot-have-man-legislating-and-playing-god-in-parliament-and-at/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I worried about playing God (in the movie Oh God). We're about the same age, but we grew up in different neighborhoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-burns/i-worried-about-playing-god-in-the-movie-oh-god-we-re-about-the-same/)

[George Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-burns/)

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> [Every now and then I'll do little things, a short story or something, that doesn't have any fantastical elements, but mostly I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/every-now-and-then-i-ll-do-little-things-a-short-story-or-something/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [This job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/this-job-of-playing-god-is-a-little-too-big-for-me-nevertheless/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

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> [I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-sheldon/i-was-scared-do-you-know-what-it-s-like-to-hold-someone-else-s-life/)

[Sidney Sheldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-sheldon/)

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> [I am sure the audience that looks on me as a Mahadev knows that at the end of the day, I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohit-raina/i-am-sure-the-audience-that-looks-on-me-as-a-mahadev-knows-that-at/)

[Mohit Raina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohit-raina/)

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> [The Internet connection from the road can be spotty, so usually when I'm on the tour bus, I'm playing 'God of War.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-show/the-internet-connection-from-the-road-can-be-spotty-so-usually-when-i/)

[Big Show](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-show/)

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> [The reasons are likely rooted in religion. Playing around with God's creation is simply not allowed. Incidentally, in the past it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-von-storch/the-reasons-are-likely-rooted-in-religion-playing-around-with-god-s/)

[Hans von Storch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-von-storch/)

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> [Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/reason-is-a-faculty-far-larger-than-mere-objective-force-when-either/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Our civilization will, of course, be "playing God" in an ultimate sense of the phrase: evolving a greater intelligence than currently exists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-calvin/our-civilization-will-of-course-be-playing-god-in-an-ultimate-sense/)

[William H. Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-calvin/)

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> [The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hiddleston/the-thing-about-playing-gods-whether-you-re-playing-thor-and-loki-or/)

[Tom Hiddleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hiddleston/)

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> [Fundamentalist religion is the most pervasive vision of central planning, though many fundamentalists may oppose human central planning as a usurpation or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/fundamentalist-religion-is-the-most-pervasive-vision-of-central/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [If you begin to think you are solely responsible for keeping your loved one alive and safe, you will eventually find yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-sheehy/if-you-begin-to-think-you-are-solely-responsible-for-keeping-your/)

[Gail Sheehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-sheehy/)

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> [I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-atkinson/i-don-t-want-to-spoil-the-magic-but-it-s-a-very-curious-thing-that/)

[Kate Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-atkinson/)

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> [ I spent my entire experience with Gary \[ on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy\] staring at him and not returning any lines because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hardy/i-spent-my-entire-experience-with-gary-on-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy/)

[Tom Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hardy/)

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> [“When the first force, social feeling and community expectation, is ignored or affronted, the person concerned will reveal certain aggressive character traits:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/when-the-first-force-social-feeling-and-community-expectation-is/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

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> [“The Icarian Impulse With fruit of the knowledge tree, We took a bite from our world, Gaining serpent's destructive kiss, Malicious shortcuts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/the-icarian-impulse-with-fruit-of-the-knowledge-tree-we-took-a-bite/)

[Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/)

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> [Here in St. Cloud’s,” Dr. Larch wrote, “ I have been given the choice of playing God or leaving practically everything up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/here-in-st-cloud-s-dr-larch-wrote-i-have-been-given-the-choice-of/)

[John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/)

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> [When I was in the third grade I thought I was gay 'Cause I could draw, an' my uncle was, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis/when-i-was-in-the-third-grade-i-thought-i-was-gay-cause-i-could-draw/)

[Macklemore And Ryan Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis/)

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> [“I think that a good start at this problem is to enunciate our ethical theory that underlies our moral judgements. According to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lane-craig/i-think-that-a-good-start-at-this-problem-is-to-enunciate-our-ethical/)

[William Lane Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lane-craig/)

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> [“And she got the feeling that Boots Smith's relationship to this swiftly moving car was no ordinary one. He wasn't just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-petry/and-she-got-the-feeling-that-boots-smith-s-relationship-to-this/)

[Ann Petry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-petry/)

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> [“Max’s unflinching gaze never left that house. “What do you think’s going to happen?” Jules asked him quietly, “if you let yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/max-s-unflinching-gaze-never-left-that-house-what-do-you-think-s/)

[Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/)

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> [“Another letter complained about the soldiers suffering in Stalingrad, asking God why He let things like this happen to the brave German…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-w-mishell/another-letter-complained-about-the-soldiers-suffering-in-stalingrad/)

[William W. Mishell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-w-mishell/)

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> [“I heard a compelling lecture by an African American pastor from the north side of Chicago. He opened his talk with numbers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-nutik-zitter/i-heard-a-compelling-lecture-by-an-african-american-pastor-from-the/)

[Jessica Nutik Zitter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-nutik-zitter/)

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> [“Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-davies/scientists-are-slowly-waking-up-to-an-inconvenient-truth-the-universe-2/)

[Paul Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-davies/)

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> [When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay. Cause I could draw, my uncle was and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/macklemore-ryan-lewis/when-i-was-in-the-third-grade-i-thought-that-i-was-gay-cause-i-could/)

[Macklemore Ryan Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/macklemore-ryan-lewis/)

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> [If changing our world is playing God, it is just one more way in which God made us in His image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/if-changing-our-world-is-playing-god-it-is-just-one-more-way-in-which/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

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> [“No... we're not playing God. We're only attempting to set things right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clyde-dsouza/no-we-re-not-playing-god-we-re-only-attempting-to-set-things-right/)

[Clyde Dsouza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clyde-dsouza/)

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> [“First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn't work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/first-of-all-we-had-to-quit-playing-god-it-didn-t-work/)

[Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/)

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> [I loved playing Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. I mean you can't do better than playing God!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-panaro/i-loved-playing-jesus-in-jesus-christ-superstar-i-mean-you-can-t-do/)

[Hugh Panaro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-panaro/)

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> [“Bloody Machiavellian English Intelligence Officer playing God”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-wein/bloody-machiavellian-english-intelligence-officer-playing-god/)

[Elizabeth Wein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-wein/)

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                        "text": "I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever get to playing God, to suddenly produce these fully formed creatures. It is a bit odd. Other aspects you work out more - you rework sentences, you rework imagery. But not characters.",
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                        "text": "I spent my entire experience with Gary [ on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy] staring at him and not returning any lines because I think he's God. The second time [ on The Dark Knight Rises] I was playing God, so I ignored him. Kicked him a bit, that kind of thing. Gary Oldman is one of my heroes, I did nothing but glean from him.",
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                        "text": "“When the first force, social feeling and community expectation, is ignored or affronted, the person concerned will reveal certain aggressive character traits: vanity, ambition, envy, jealousy, playing God, or greed; or nonaggressive traits: withdrawal, anxiety, timidity, or absence of social graces. When any of these forces gains the upper hand, it is usually because of deep-seated feelings of inadequacy. Yet the forces also create an intensity or tension that can give tremendous energy.”",
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                        "text": "“The Icarian Impulse With fruit of the knowledge tree, We took a bite from our world, Gaining serpent's destructive kiss, Malicious shortcuts paved \"good.\" The shock setting of a precedent, Akin to committing bloody murder, Shedding the skin of equilibrium, As a lethal new dawn descends. Promethean self-replicating beings; Sacrilegious idols mirror our image, Synthetic, unsympathetic sentience, Masochistic puzzles of self-immolation.”",
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                        "text": "Here in St. Cloud’s,” Dr. Larch wrote, “ I have been given the choice of playing God or leaving practically everything up to chance. It is my experience that practically everything is left up to chance much of the time; men who believe in good and evil, and who believe that good should win, should watch for those moments when it is possible to play God – we should seize those moments. There won’t be may",
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                        "text": "When I was in the third grade I thought I was gay 'Cause I could draw, an' my uncle was, and I kept my room straight I told my mom tears rushing down my face She's like Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k shrimp Yea I guess she had a point didn't she? Bunch of stereotypes all in my head. I remember doing the math like, yea I'm good at little league A preconceived idea of what it all meant For those that liked the same sex Had the characteristics The right wing conservatives think it's a decision And you can be cured with some treatment and religion Man made rewiring of a predisposition Playing god, aw nah here we go America the brave still fears what we don't know And god loves all his children, is somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago I don't know And I can't change Even if I tried Even if I wanted to I'm acting strange Even if I try Even if I wanted to My love My love My love She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me Have you read the Youtube comments lately Man, that's gay get dropped on the daily We become so numb to what we're saying A culture founded from oppression Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it A gay is synonymous with the lesser It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference! Live on and be yourself When I was at church they taught me something else If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen I might not be the same, but that's not important No freedom till we're equal, damn right I support it And I can't change Even if I tried Even if I wanted to My love My love My love She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm And press play, don't press pause Progress, march on With the veil over our eyes We turn the back on the cause Till the day that my uncles can be united by law When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all But it's a damn good place to start No law is gonna change us We have to change us Whatever god we believe in We come from the same one Strip away the fear Underneath it's all the same love About time we raised up And I can't change Even if I tried Even if I wanted to I'm acting strange Even if I try Even if I wanted to My love My love My love She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm She keeps me warm Love is patient Love is kind Love is patient Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is kind (I'm not crying on Sundays) Love is patient Love is kind",
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                        "text": "“I think that a good start at this problem is to enunciate our ethical theory that underlies our moral judgements. According to the version of divine command ethics which I’ve defended, our moral duties are constituted by the commands of a holy and loving God. Since God doesn’t issue commands to Himself, He has no moral duties to fulfill. He is certainly not subject to the same moral obligations and prohibitions that we are. For example, I have no right to take an innocent life. For me to do so would be murder. But God has no such prohibition. He can give and take life as He chooses. We all recognize this when we accuse some authority who presumes to take life as “playing God.” Human authorities arrogate to themselves rights which belong only to God. God is under no obligation whatsoever to extend my life for another second. If He wanted to strike me dead right now, that’s His prerogative. What that implies is that God has the right to take the lives of the Canaanites when He sees fit. How long they live and when they die is up to Him.”",
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                        "text": "“And she got the feeling that Boots Smith's relationship to this swiftly moving car was no ordinary one. He wasn't just a black man driving a car at a pell-mell pace. He had lost all sense of time and space as the car plunged forward into the cold, white night. The act of driving the car made him feel he was a powerful being who could conquer the world. Up over hills, fast down on the other side. It was like playing god and commanding everything within hearing to awaken and listen to him. The people sleeping in the white farmhouses were at the mercy of the sound of his engine roaring past in the night. It brought them half-awake—disturbed, uneasy. The cattle in the barns moved in protest, the chickens stirred on their roosts and before any of them could analyze the sound that had alarmed them, he was gone—on and on into the night. And she knew, too, that this was the reason white people turned scornfully to look at Negroes who swooped past them on the highways. 'Crazy niggers with autos' in the way they looked. Because they sensed that the black men had to roar past them, had for a brief moment to feel equal, feel superior; had to take reckless chances going around curves, passing on hills, so that they would be better able to face a world that took pains to make them feel that they didn't belong, that they were inferior. Because in that one moment of passing a white man in a car they could feel good and the good feeling would last long enough so that they could hold their heads up the next day and the day after that. And the white people in the cars hated it because—and her mind stumbled over the thought and then went on—because possibly they, too, needed to go on feeling superior. Because if they didn't, it upset the delicate balance of the world they moved in when they could see for themselves that a black man in a ratclap car could overtake and pass them on a hill. Because if there was nothing left for them but that business of feeling superior to black people, and that was taken away even for the split second of one car going ahead of another, it left them with nothing.”",
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                        "text": "“Another letter complained about the soldiers suffering in Stalingrad, asking God why He let things like this happen to the brave German people. This letter was a classic. The godless barbarians who had forgotten the image of God in the hour of their victories, the murderers who were shooting tens of thousands of Jews and Russian prisons of without blinking an eye, suddenly now remembered that there was a God somewhere after all. Where was God when they were massacring innocent women and children in the forts of Lithuania, piling them on top of the other in huge mass graves? Why didn't they look up to Him at that hour? But at that time they were playing God themselves, with the lives of millions of \"subhumans.\" Oh, how good it felt to hear a German Nazi clamour of God! God! This was our revenge. God was no in Stalingrad. This was the Ninth Fort for the Germans.”",
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                        "text": "“Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix. The issue concerns the very laws of nature themselves. For 40 years, physicists and cosmologists have been quietly collecting examples of all too convenient \"coincidences\" and special features in the underlying laws of the universe that seem to be necessary in order for life, and hence conscious beings, to exist. Change any one of them and the consequences would be lethal. Fred Hoyle , the distinguished cosmologist, once said it was as if \"a super-intellect has monkeyed with physics\". To see the problem, imagine playing God with the cosmos. Before you is a designer machine that lets you tinker with the basics of physics. Twiddle this knob and you make all electrons a bit lighter, twiddle that one and you make gravity a bit stronger, and so on. It happens that you need to set thirtysomething knobs to fully describe the world about us. The crucial point is that some of those metaphorical knobs must be tuned very precisely, or the universe would be sterile. Example: neutrons are just a tad heavier than protons. If it were the other way around, atoms couldn't exist, because all the protons in the universe would have decayed into neutrons shortly after the big bang. No protons, then no atomic nucleuses and no atoms. No atoms, no chemistry, no life. Like Baby Bear's porridge in the story of Goldilocks, the universe seems to be just right for life.”",
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                        "text": "When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay. Cause I could draw, my uncle was and I kept my room straight. I told my mom, tears rushing down my face. She's like Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k trippin yeah I guess she had a point, didn't she? Bunch of stereotypes all in my head. I remember doing the math like yeah in good a little league a preconceived idea of what it all meant. For those who liked the same sex, had the characteristics, the right wing conservatives thinks its a decision and you can be cured with some treatment and religion. Man-made rewiring of a predisposition. Playing god, aw nah here we go. America the brave still fears what we don't know and flood loves all his children is somehow forgotten. But we paraphrase a book written thirty five hundred years ago. ( I don't know) And I can't change, even if I tried, even if I wanted to. And I can't change even if I tried, even if I wanted to. My love, my love, my love. She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm, she keeps me warm, she keeps me warm. If I was gay, I would think hiphop hates me. Have you read the YouTube comments lately? man, that's gay gets dropped on the daily. We become so numb to what we're saying. A culture founded for oppression, yet we don't have acceptance for em. Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board. A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it. Gay synonymous with the lesser. Its the same hate that's caused wars from religion. Gender to skin colour, the complexion of your pigment. The same love that's Leeds people to walk outs and sit ins. Its human rights foe everybody, there is not difference. LIVE ON AND BE YOURSELF. When I was at church they taught me something else. Off you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed. That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned. When everyone else is more comfortable remaining vocieless, rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen. I might be the same, but that's not important. No freedom til we're equal, damn right I sports it.( I don't know). And I can't change even if I tried, even if I wanted to. My love, my love, my love. She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm, she keeps me warm, she keeps me warm. We press play, don't press pause. Progress March on with the veil over our eyes. We turn our backs on the cause, til the day that my uncles can be united by law. When kids are walking round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart. A world so hateful, some would rather die than be who they are. And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all. But its a damn good place to start. No law is gonna change us, whatever god you believe in, we all come from the same one. Strip away the fear underneath its all the same love. About time we raised up. Sex. And I can't change, even if tried, even if I wanted to. And I can't change, even if I tried, even if I wanted to. My love, my love, my love. She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm, she keeps me warm, she keeps me warm.LOVE IS PATIENT. LOVE IS KIND. LOVE IS PATIENT. LOVE IS KIND. ….I HAVE GAY PRIDE AND IM NOT AFRAID TO SHOW IT…",
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