All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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I am kind of a grinder. I am a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights. ~Zach Johnson
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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