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I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner. Arthur Conan Doyle
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What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have. Cameron Diaz
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With women, the heart argues, not the mind. Jane Austen
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A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential? Jane Wagner
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Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one. Bella Abzug
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The weakness of their reasoning faculty also explains why women show more sympathy for the unfortunate than men;... and why, on the contrary, they are inferior to men as regards justice, and less honourable and conscientious. Arthur Schopenhauer
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If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments...? Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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There is a great line of women stretching out behind you into the past, and you have to seek them out and find them in yourself and be conscious of them. Doris Lessing
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i found religion in the greeting card aisle now i know hallmark was right Ani Difranco
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This is a small church that was planted about five years ago with a focus on the post-modern generation. Goths, punks, homosexuals and yuppies make up a large part of the 80,000 people living within a half mile walking radius of the church. Kevin Parker
church population world
Consider Ireland.... You have a starving population, an absentee aristocracy, and an alien Church, and in addition the weakest executive in the world. That is the Irish Question. Benjamin Disraeli
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The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.' 'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either. Brennan Manning
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Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind. Edmund Burke
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We have really expanded within the past month. We have around 15 regulars now. We learn new songs, and sing at various churches on Saturdays and Sundays. We have already learned about twelve songs; we will probably learn four or five more before the end of the school year. Stephanie McDonald
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We are insisting and we will continue to insist that this faith of the church must continue to be upheld come rain, come fire. That is our position. Peter Akinola
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There is nothing that stops them, except the separation of church and state -- you can't be proselytizing.
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...There is no such thing as ... separation of state and church ... in the Constitution. It's a lie of the left. Pat Robertson
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We try to reach out to the kids. Surprisingly, a lot of the older church folks show us support. They say, 'Hey, whatever it takes to get the young people in the church ...' because they see the need.
devil simple
These conversions are simple notionally, but there is a lot of devil in the detail.
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You've got to walk and talk with God to go to heaven... I have the devil in me! If I didn't have, I'd be Christian! Jerry Lee Lewis
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'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him. Desiderius Erasmus
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There are some writers who feel they are elected by God. I am not. I am elected by the devil - this is clear. Eduardo Galeano
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Transcendental meditation is evil because when you are meditating, it opens space within you for the devil to enter. Billy Graham
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The reason I took a discount is because I love playing here and I want to stay here my whole career. They (agents) worried that I would be traded to a small-market team like the Royals or Devil Rays. Bronson Arroyo
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That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil. Cotton Mather
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To attain our aim we should stop at nothing even if we must join forces with the devil. Adolf Hitler
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You look good to me, you damnable little devil, good to embrace and good to love. Anne Rice