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Now that I think about it, maybe my own literary exploration of the dark secrets held by families could be traced back to V.C. Andrews. — Alafair Burke
You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes the sapphire from a child's eyes. Dark time, who has… — Neil Gaiman
Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief - and I don't care what it is. — Dwight David Eisenhower
Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand — George Washington
No one truth is rightly held till it is clearly conceived and stated, and no single truth is adequately comprehended till it is viewed in… — A A Hodge
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood… — Charles Alexander Eastman
It came from nowhere, blazed up like a brush fire, pulled us together at the bottom of the Depression, held us together through a war,… — Sam Moore
If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things in yourself, for a life without faith… — George E Woodberry
As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as… — Jonathan Edwards
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love — Albert Einstein
By religion I mean a set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by… — Bertrand Russell
A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only… — Abraham Lincoln
Death came very easily to her. She had lived such an innocent and loving life of service to others and held such a simple faith,… — Winston Churchill
OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.… — Ambrose Bierce
The certainty with which a religious belief is held is usually in direct proportion to its absurdity — Donald Morgan
All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these codes are good, perhaps theyre bad, its only evident theyre… — L Ron Hubbard
Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down… — Marilyn Monroe
Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery is… — William James
A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste. — Whitney Balliett
A person who performs good Karma (deeds) is always held in high esteem — Rig Veda

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