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party dark clothes
Did you follow me from the party?" "Yes" "I didn't even know you were there." His dark clothes indicated he must have been on guardian duty at the party. "So you saw the illustrious Janine cause a commotion by dragging me out." "It wasn't a commotion. Hardly anyone noticed. I saw because I was watching you. Richelle Mead
party liberal-media people
There's a big conservative press unabashedly and for the Democrats and even people to the left of the Democratic party, there's almost virtually no outlets that you can compare with the vast array of conservative press that's out there. William J. Clinton
party winning reality
Constant conflict is actually often good politics, because the more you can inflame your supporters the more likely they are to show up at Election Day. And if they're more inflamed than the other side, even if the other side has more people agreeing with it, you'll win, because your crowd will show up.
party games challenges
Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. Sarah Palin
party government games
Well, it's always, though, safer in politics to avoid risk. To just kind of go along with the status quo. But I didn't get into government to do the safe and easy things. A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built. Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties. The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons. And the right reason is to challenge the status quo and to serve the common good.
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party animal relief
To be honest, it's a bit of a relief not having to be the party animal for a change. Sara Cox
party skills singing
In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions. Rhys Ifans
party past thinking
I think that a good Left is a party that always thinks about the future and doesn't care much about our past sins. Richard Rorty
religions standard wants
He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin. Matt Stone
religion atheism cosmos
Science shares with religion the claim that it answers deep questions about origins, the nature of life, and the cosmos. But there the resemblance ends. Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not. Richard Dawkins
religion needs heavenly
Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired. William Cowper
religion unhappy dangerous
Without religion the highest endowments of intellect can only render the possessor more dangerous if he be ill disposed; if well disposed, only more unhappy. Robert Southey
religion atheism firsts
(W)e do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment. Sandra Day O'Connor
religion easier dies
To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely. Jorge Luis Borges
religion different different-roads
Religions are different roads converging to the same point. Mahatma Gandhi
religion companion restraint
Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. Laurence Sterne
religion atheism division
The division between faith and reason is a half-measure, till it is frankly admitted that faith has to do with fiction, and reason with fact. Leslie Stephen
atheism world may
We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way. William Howard Taft
atheism positive-atheism
What can I hope when all is right? Voltaire
atheism today firsts
Today, the religion clauses of the First Amendment do not need to be fixed; they need to be followed. Walter F. Mondale
atheism malice preaching
The frightful engines of ecclesiastical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvinistical good-nature never failed to terrify me exceedingly whenever I thought of preaching. John Adams
atheism thrive
Atheism thrives on bad religion. Os Guinness
atheism disaster proportion
Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. Orlando Bloom
atheism fool rewards
Fools, your reward is neither here nor there. Omar Khayyam
atheism retreat catholicism
Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat. Emile Zola
atheism ghost holy
"The Holy Ghost," Luther instructs us, "is not a skeptic." Not everyone can be, and that is really too bad. Emile M. Cioran