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  • Benjamin Stillingfleet Prayer among men is supposed a means to change the person to whom we pray; but prayer to God doth not change him, but fits us to receive the things prayed for.
    Benjamin Stillingfleet
    British botanist, translator and author (1702 - 1771)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Peace Pilgrim Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.
    Peace Pilgrim
    American activist, mystic and pacifist
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  • W. H. Auden Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Arthur E. Morgan Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.
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  • Lord Chesterfield Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Alan Cohen Preparing to live your dream is postponing it. You are either living it, or not.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Bobby Scott Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.
    Bobby Scott
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Bob Dole President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.' I'm not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.
    Bob Dole
    American politician and attorney (1923 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro President Obama himself has attributed the legitimacy of the Jewish State not to its historic identity as Jewish territory, but to the Holocaust.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro President Obama's respect for the Constitution does not extend to freedom of religion - his administration has forced religious businessowners to pay for insurance plans that cover activities in violation of religious precepts.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Mary Kay Ash Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ''Make me feel important.'' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
    Mary Kay Ash
    American businesswoman (1918 - 2001)
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  • Arthur Middleton Priesthood is forever and does not cease when a priest cannot carry out that priestly ministry.
    Arthur Middleton
    American politician (1742 - 1787)
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  • Arthur Middleton Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ himself.
    Arthur Middleton
    American politician (1742 - 1787)
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  • Angela Davis Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Marlon Brando Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.
    Marlon Brando
    American actor, film director, and activist (1924 - 2004)
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  • Bruce Forsyth Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he had a new record come out, I'd get it and try to learn how he was playing. And he was one of the nicest people I'd ever met.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Thomas Arnold Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.
    Thomas Arnold
    English educator and historian (1795 - 1842)
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  • Robert H. Schuller Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
    Robert H. Schuller
    American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and au (1926 - 2015)
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