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Life and death! They seem like complete opposites-at great enmity with each other. But for Paul-and for all who share his faith-there… — John Piper Copy Share Image
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A man's liberal and conservative phases seem to follow each other in a succession of waves from the time he is born.… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
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Even Republicans seem to think that these undocumented Democrats could be made [GOP] voters...and what happens is that two out every three… — Steve King Copy Share Image
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I buy water at the liquor store across the street from where I live. So I'm walking into the door, and standing,… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
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To us it seems incredible that the Greek philosophers should have scanned so deeply into right and wrong and yet never noticed… — Brigid Brophy Copy Share Image
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Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I… — Daley Thompson Copy Share Image
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in Divorce American style, there was the discomfort of seeing one of the beautiful wasted actresses of the screen, Jean Simmons. Her… — Jean Simmons Copy Share Image
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