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JULIAN OF NORWICH Father God, we just ask You to open Your wide, wide arms and look down upon us, Lord, and lead us, a... NORMA MCCORVEY To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is a... ROLAND ALLEN There's a lot of level-headed players at this club and they know how important tomorrow's game is fo... ROGER ASHBY All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting ti... MARTHA BECK At time of peace, we should love one another. At war, we should set our minds as the hunters. TOBA BETA The president believes that under no circumstances should we slide towards confrontation (with the W... DMITRY YAKUSHKIN In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people. ANDRE MAUROIS In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people ANDRE MAUROIS In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. 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FREDERICK BUECHNER Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look ... JOHN PIPER A man is at his best when he is simply not like the rest in all his life's test ANUJ SOMANY A man is at his best when he is simply not like rest in all his life's test ANUJ SOMANY We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call ever... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Commemoration of Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877 I can see no intellectual objection to ... DONALD O. SOPER Such is our dependence upon God that we are obliged not only to do everything for His sake, but also... FRANÇOIS FÉNELON Obviously, we are not going to be doing open heart surgery at this stage. Eventually, we should be a... DR. MEHRAN ANVARI We can be sure our beloved pope is standing today at the window of the father's house, that he sees ... POPE BENEDICT XVI We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO All who call the Holy Ghost a creature we pity, on the ground that, by this utterance, they are fall... SAINT BASIL Most of all, we remain focused on our Rock that never moves. CRAIG GROESCHEL And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call ... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE How should we be able to forget those myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths abou... RAINER MARIA RILKE Our God is Holy, His Name is Holy, His Throne is Holy, His Spirit is Holy, His Son is Holy, His Book... KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL This is our moment when unity should be the thing that we all strive for - oneness, ... When you loo... KWAME KILPATRICK Our strength is that we have depth, so we should contend. We have athletes that are capable of finis... DAVE UHRICH We should be able to manage our requirements adequately, based on everything we know at this point. JAMES SCHNEIDER At this time we do not believe that Haiti fulfills the narrow criteria established by Congress to qu... DAN KANE That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very g... JEAN DE LA BRUYERE You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. MEISTER ECKHART Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601 To preach the Gospel requires that the ... ROLAND ALLEN "The Bible," we are told sometimes, "gives us such a beautiful picture of what we should be." Nonsen... F. D. MAURICE That we ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of GOD, who regards not the greatn... BROTHER LAWRENCE I look at it as wide open. The mentality has to be, if we play well, we'll be in the game. Instead o... GREGG ZENEROVITZ Dignity, strength, power and courage are all tools that God gave us to make us stronger in the futur... JEFFREY LEONARD We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be ... G.K. CHESTERTON At Holyrood's official opening ceremony, Scotland's Poet Laureate Edwin Morgan told us in his poem o... GEORGE REID We are on a good run at the moment and we are going to enjoy it, but we still need to keep our feet ... FREDERIC ANTONETTI We have received information that authorities want to destroy our tent city at 3 a.m. ... At two o'c... VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO We believe because it gives us faith. It gives us the willingness to go through our day, to keep the... TARUN BETALA The injunction that we should love our neighbors as ourselves means to us equally that we should lov... BARBARA DEMING We are facing an escalation that could end in armed conflict, with terrible suffering as a result. T... JAN ELIASSON God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are alway... ELISABETH ELLIOT Koyun eti göçebe halkların temel gıda maddesidir. Ayrıca koyun hızlı büyüyen, et ve iç ya�... SERCAN AHINCANOV Clearly, people like me who believe that ground forces are necessary in order to win the air war hav... IVO DAALDER This team should be strong in most positions across the field, particularly at the goalkeeper positi... KENNETH THOMPSON It's wide open. We just wanted to focus on Roosevelt this week and keep our focus one week at a time... DAVID BARTON I respect his (Ramos) opinion but I am standing with the commission?s recommendation. He is entitled... JOSE ABUEVA Our poll tells us that we should take a close look at the potential impact of some popular technolog... ALEX JOHNSON The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we c... ALBERT EINSTEIN Love built on pain-the kind that lasts: whatever you love can be taken away from us at any moment bu... 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MORGAN EDWARDS At best we are but clay, animated dust; but viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed. Let it be pub... ALISTAIR BEGG There are times...when we are in the midst of life-moments of confrontation with birth or death, or ... MARY DORIA RUSSELL What we are at this very moment is determined by the sum total of all our experiences till this mome... ABHIJIT NASKAR GOD IS EVERYTHING WE EVER NEEDED He is the arm that holds us up at our lowest point EUGINIA HERLIHY Coach keeps our heads on our shoulders. We hear (the possibility of going to state) from the communi... LANCE UHLMEYER We project based on where we our in our life and our beliefs at that moment; however, when we shift ... WILIAM CONSTANTINE I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN The idea of holiness is so central to biblical teaching that it is said of God, “Holy is his name�... R.C. SPROUL That perfect devoting ourselves to God, from which devotion has its name, requires that we should no... FRANÇOIS FÉNÈLON She is in very good health at the moment. She's probably far better than the rest of us at standing ... GILLY PENROSE Any form of increase should be directed at possessing something SUNDAY ADELAJA We're getting good crowds and they are getting behind us. We didn't start too well at the beginning ... DELE ADEBOLA A 'real pastor' is not preaching of their own; they are speaking what God put in their heart... MONICA JOHNSON We live aware of God moment by moment. He is not part of our lives; He is our life. CRAIG GROESCHEL There were policies, there were standard operating procedures. But we found as we looked at our oper... BRYAN WHITMAN Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces a... SAINT TERESA OF AVILA We need to break our dependency on foreign sources of oil, which leaves us at the mercy of foreign p... BOBBY JINDAL
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BRENNAN BILBERRY It's more confirmation that Francine is running against a group of career politicians and millionair... BRENNAN BILBERRY I'd say we're right around 40 players. We got a good response, and hope to have a big announcement i... BOB BRENNAN A neighbor called them and told them their house was on fire. BOB BRENNAN One of the things I'll ask for in the future is that we have a deeper (contact) tree on the next of ... BOB BRENNAN No farmers can buy here anymore. And I don't know how young people can buy a piece of land and build... BOB BRENNAN It's horrible -- the worst fears ... something we can't control. BOB BRENNAN [But all the elaborate measures could not prevent the explosion.] It's horrible -- the worst fears .... BOB BRENNAN You have to use your mind instead of gears. BOB BRENNAN This program will allow all our customers, including our low-income customers, to enjoy the benefits... BOB BRENNAN A few of those wagons, if I had a place to move them to I would, but if I start saving stuff I'd hav... BOB BRENNAN A blind man sees not with his eyes, but with his heart. A deaf man hears with his soul and mind, not... BRENNAN MASTOUS Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered. WILLIAM BRENNAN At one point in the 'Onyx Court' series, I think during 'In Ashes Lie', I suggested ... MARIE BRENNAN I think if you write for long enough, you eventually have a problem with everything, because you sta... MARIE BRENNAN You get a great perspective on the way the U.S. is perceived in other countries. I think everyone sh... CHRIS BRENNAN Foster also reflects the frustrations which so many colleges feel about the structures imposed on th... JOHN BRENNAN Anyone who might assert that our numbers were intentionally skewed is mistaken. JOHN BRENNAN We don't know the cause of death, but there was a knocked-over propane lantern in the tent, which wa... DAVE BRENNAN We needed reassurance. I needed reassurance. JACK BRENNAN We were so close in some of those games that we easily could have been 17-3 at the end of the season... JOE BRENNAN It was very similar to the game we had last week. We got a big lead and they came back hard. They're... JOE BRENNAN They're a good team, a scrappy team. They always find a way to get back in games. Their hustle and s... JOE BRENNAN We talked about it before the game. If we could come out and shoot the ball well, that's a real key ... JOE BRENNAN Someone might want to buy a special bottle to commemorate an occasion. Or someone might want to roll... TED BRENNAN We're looking forward to another good season. BARBARA BRENNAN We've talked about it, BARBARA BRENNAN We had six, lost three, then gained three, and have six again. We have a nice group. Annmarie, Kathy... BARBARA BRENNAN He's always been a good shooter. Nobody knew about him and I'm sure these guys didn't. I knew they w... RICH BRENNAN I had rather face wild beasts and diseases than the perils of civilization." There is a proverb... MARIE BRENNAN We were excited to go to Nashville because it came down to Nashville or San Francisco and either pla... BRENNAN SCHMIDT That facility is in dire need of some cosmetic and functional upgrades. KEN BRENNAN My Aunt Ella and my mom have informed me that we are going to rebuild. And because they are the matr... BRAD BRENNAN We're trying to get the investigation wrapped up. Obviously, it's a horrible and tragic situation fo... DAVE BRENNAN confirms our belief that the rangers' actions were justified. DAVE BRENNAN It reminds me of that dog that's always gnawing at you. They chase the postman. SEAN BRENNAN It's a reality. This team runs the ball very well, and they have the right personnel for the system ... BRENNAN SCHMIDT I haven't yet heard of a hookah lounge opening and going out of business. BRENNAN APPEL It's at its largest demand ever in this country. I don't think it's going away any time soon. There'... BRENNAN APPEL