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title: "2 Purpose Colleagues Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [My purpose is to call on my colleagues, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, to get behind the agenda of trying to reform the government and make it work for the people rather than the other way around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-lee/my-purpose-is-to-call-on-my-colleagues-whether-they-re-republicans-or/)

[Mike Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-lee/)

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> [The whole point of what -Jesus was up to was that he was doing close up, in the present, what he was promising long-term in the future. And what he was promising for that future and doing in the present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/the-whole-point-of-what-jesus-was-up-to-was-that-he-was-doing-close/)

[N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/)

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