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Whether due to a lack of resources or other pressing priorities, mutual fund abuses simply did not receive adequate attention from the SEC,


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JOHN SHELBY SPONG The Christians tried to separate themselves from the Jewish crowd so they wouldn't be the recipi...
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JOHN SHELBY SPONG If I were a child of Tibet or of Arabia, I suspect the path I'd walk would be the Buddhist path ...
JOHN SHELBY SPONG Rachael Kohn's book 'The New Believers' provides a mirror into which every organized religious tradi...
BISHOP JOHN SHELBY SPONG Conservative Roman Catholicism and evangelical fundamentalists are growing, ... Hysterical people ar...
BISHOP JOHN SHELBY SPONG The fact is that a bill allowing any employer to deny insurance coverage based on a moral objection ...
RICHARD CARMONA One of the great cosmic laws, I think, is that whatever we hold in our thought will come true in our...
RICHARD BACH The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
RICHARD CECIL From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I've felt the only mission worth pursuing in business...
RICHARD BRANSON I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.
RICHARD WAGNER There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in th...
RICHARD O'BRIEN I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes ...
RICHARD AVEDON Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.
RICHARD LEAKEY I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?
RICHARD BACH Learning is finding out what you already know.
RICHARD BACH Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.
RICHARD BACH Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
RICHARD BACH