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Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn't just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What… — George H. W. Bush
If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon… — G I Gurdjieff
. . . it seems to me certain that more people are killed out of righteous stupidity than out of wickedness. — Karl Popper
Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has… — Leo Tolstoy
Are you letting culture, not scripture, determine your sexuality, how you date, how you present yourself, how you engage in certain relationships with members of… — Mark Driscoll
Your god may be your little Christian habit - the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your… — Oswald Chambers
Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not. — Frank Zappa
A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence. — Bruce Catton
We're seeing the reality of a lot of the North Pole starting to evaporate, and we could get to a tipping point. Because if it… — Henry Waxman
He who cuts down woods beyond a certain limit exterminates birds. — Henry David Thoreau
But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me… — Peter Bogdanovich
There is also the very real possibility that, in the justice of God, one of the reasons He uses the weak and the foolish of… — Neal A. Maxwell
If a man knows the law, find out, though he live in a pine shanty, and resort to him. And if a man can pipe… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's important for all types of women to know that you don't have to fit a prototype of what one person thinks is beautiful in… — Jennifer Lopez
Certain environments, certain modes of life, and certain rules of conduct are more conducive to inner and outer harmony than others. There are, in fact,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's… — Agatha Christie
It seemed to me that all things were possible on the island, all tyrannies and cruelties, though in small; and if, in despite of what… — J M Coetzee
Regarded in isolation, an idea may be quite insignificant, and venturesome in the extreme, but it may acquire importance from an idea which follows it;… — Friedrich Schiller
I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence… — Jim Elliot
It is true that not even Christ is seen, but he exists; he is risen, he is alive, he is close to us, more truly… — Raniero Cantalamessa

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