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title: "6 Religion Read Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I have ever judged of the religion of others by their lives. For it is in our lives, and not from our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-ever-judged-of-the-religion-of-others-by-their-lives-for-it-is/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [I am a student of comparative religion, but whatever I read, you scratch a little bit and underneath is the oneness. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irina-tweedie/i-am-a-student-of-comparative-religion-but-whatever-i-read-you/)

[Irina Tweedie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irina-tweedie/)

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> [A lot of times, people say that people read to escape. But I think if you come from any community that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sofia-quintero/a-lot-of-times-people-say-that-people-read-to-escape-but-i-think-if/)

[Sofia Quintero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sofia-quintero/)

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> [I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/i-don-t-want-to-write-a-mass-before-being-in-a-state-to-do-it-well/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

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> [Though I'm not religious, I am interested in religion. I read a lot of history and I think it came out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-hartley/though-i-m-not-religious-i-am-interested-in-religion-i-read-a-lot-of/)

[Hal Hartley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-hartley/)

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> [It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-in-our-lives-and-not-our-words-that-our-religion-must-be-read/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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