Murasaki Shikibu quote: "But then someone with as much to atone for as myself may not qualify for salvation; there are so many things that serve to remind one of the transgressions of a former existence. Ah, the wretchedness of it all!"

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KATE MIDDLETON

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JAMES C. DOBSON

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CHARLES M. DICKINSON

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C. JOYBELL C.

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GEORGE MULLER

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THEHEALTHFOODGURU

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THOMAS AQUINAS

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LAURA HARRIER

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STEPHEN NEILL

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CRAIG GROESCHEL

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TAYLOR LAUTNER

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HANS KUENG

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FRANK SHEED

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C.S. LEWIS

The more God is glorified the more man is energic and the more satan is weak.
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JOHN FORBES NASH, JR.

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RYAN SEACREST

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STEVEN PINKER

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HENRY JAMES

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C. JOYBELL C.

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ANTHONY LICCIONE

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VIGGO MORTENSEN

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MICHAEL DENTON

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CHRISTIAN BALE

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EUGENE MIRMAN

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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH

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FREDDY MELLA

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AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO

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But then someone with as much to atone for as myself may not qualify for salvation; there are so many things that serve to remind one of the transgressions of a former existence. Ah, the wretchedness of it all!

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Murasaki Shikibu

But then someone with as much to atone for as myself may not qualify for salvation; there are so many things that serve to remind one of the transgressions of a former existence. Ah, the wretchedness of it all!

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