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LINDA HASTINGS War needs to be waged on this disease. Twenty years ago if a child was diagnosed with cancer it was ...
LINDA HASTINGS Of course it was absolutely, positively the most shocking thing in the entire world, because he had ...
LINDA HASTINGS A paradigm shift is taking place in Europe and Asia Pacific, with consumers increasingly using their...
JEFF HASTINGS The Queen must still harbor fears for the future.
MAX HASTINGS I think the stock will trade down significantly because of lower profits for the next year, but the ...
REED HASTINGS While voting was generally calm, the election day process deteriorated progressively during the coun...
ALCEE HASTINGS There must be other races out there, watching our tiny yellow sun glimmering in their unknown field ...
ALICE HASTINGS BRADLEY Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 Belief in God through Christ is th...
JAMES HASTINGS RASHDALL It does not make a very great difference what side of Christ's work attracts us and appeals to us mo...
JAMES HASTINGS RASHDALL The great question for us now is, Do we believe in that love of God which Christ taught by His words...
JAMES HASTINGS RASHDALL Although prayer has been defined as communion with God, aspiration after the highest things, Stopfor...
HORACE L. HASTINGS It pains me to report that progress noted in the pre-election period was undermined by significant d...
ALCEE L. HASTINGS Sometimes you have to find the strength to forgive someone every time you think of them. It might ge...
NICOLE SHURRI HASTINGS Love is an action, not an explaination.
NICOLE SHURRI HASTINGS Love is the hardest thing to describe, easiest thing felt, most wanted, fragile, life-changing pheno...
NICOLE SHURRI HASTINGS The greatest honor is your children looking up to you one day with respect, where you inspire them t...
NICOLE SHURRI HASTINGS If only love could cure illness, heartache, poverty, or loss. Or, if everyone actually cared, took t...
NICOLE SHURRI HASTINGS