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The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends. . .… — Peter McWilliams
One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal labor government has… — Dan Barker
San Francisco can start right now to become number one. We can set examples so that others will follow. We can start overnight. We don't… — Harvey Milk
I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I… — Jan Karon
You can't do a fine thing without having seen fine examples. — William Morris Hunt
My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her discipline. She would… — Barry Sanders
Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily… — Bertrand Russell
Obesity is the result of a loss of self-control. Indeed, loss of self-control might be said to be the defining social (or anti-social) characteristic of… — Theodore Dalrymple
It would be a miracle, for example, if I dropped a stone and it rose upwards. But is it no miracle that it falls to… — Alfred Polgar
For the company of the great is good company as Shakespeare understood it, as Plutarch understood it. The past remains the source from which example… — C. V. Wedgwood
We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without… — David Cronenberg
For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different… — David Cronenberg
Let thy spirit move upon him to bring to pass those measures which will lift the burdens of government from the backs of the people… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The question is not How much may I indulge in and still be saved. God forbid! I must rather ask, What about Christ's will and… — Robert A. Cook
Parents should be the most important examples for their children. — Christy Turlington
On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of… — Gary Oldman
Women are in bondage; their clothes are a great hindrance to their engaging in any business which will make them pecuniarily independent, and since the… — Lucy Stone
The sexual parts are not only vivid examples of the body's dominion; they are also apertures whose damp emissions and ammoniac smells testify to the… — Roger Scruton
I've helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It's a… — Shelley Long
I am supposed to set an example to young players. — Zinedine Zidane

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