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Defendants have not explained how allowing same-sex marriage between two consenting adults will at all prevent heterosexual spouses from caring for their biological children. — Kristine G. Baker
It has been jestingly said that the works of John Paul Richter are almost unintelligible to any but the Germans, and even to some of… — Jean Paul
We don't teach from Books of the Bible because it gets in the way of evangelism. We don't offer different kinds of Bible studies because… — Steven Furtick
Nothing fortuitous happens in a child's world. There are no accidents. Everything is connected with everything else and everything can be explained by everything else.… — John Berger
I have over and over again explained that the purpose of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movement is to build men and women as… — Robert Baden-Powell
Our investments continue to be few in number and simple in concept: The truly big investment idea can usually be explained in a short paragraph.… — Warren Buffett
Look at the catastrophic record Vishy Anand has against Garry Kasparov. Kasparov managed to beat him almost everywhere they played, even though Vishy Anand has… — Vladimir Kramnik
Everything Tolstoy wrote is precious, but I found this final statement of the truth about life as he had come to understand it particularly beautiful… — Malcolm Muggeridge
A great opportunity is often hard to be explained clearly; things that can be explained clearly are often not the best opportunities. — Jack Ma
I would like to make something that is real in itself that does not remind anyone of any other things, and that does not have… — Arthur Dove
The author tells a story wherein a missionary friend of his was invited by unbelievers on a train ride to play cards. The friend declined,… — Watchman Nee
Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language. — Roman Jakobson
A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty's horse to fly within the year - on… — Bernard Baruch
I asked a coughing friend of mine why he doesn't stop smoking. 'In this town it wouldn't do any good,' he explained. 'I happen to… — Robert Sylvester
The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist. — Ernest Hemingway
I think the best Thanksgiving we ever had was one where we didn't even have a turkey. Mom and Dad sat us kids down and… — Jack Handey
In the end, an impatience with the Word of God can be explained only by an impatience with God. We all, both individually and congregationally,… — Albert Mohler
In art there is only one thing that counts: the bit that cannot be explained. — Georges Braque
I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in the Ku Klux… — Mary Daly
The only place in the world that nothing has to be explained to me is the South. — Woodrow Wilson

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