Grants Quotes - Page 39

• A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute a killer. Mourn his victims. Justice.

  Mark Shurtleff

  Utah, Html, Justice

  Mark L. Shurtleff ‏ @MarkShurtleff, twitter.com. June 18, 2010.

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• There is an ultimate wildness in all this, for the universe, as existence itself, is a terrifying as well as a benign mode of being. If it grants us amazing powers over much of its functioning we must always remember that any arrogance on our part will ultimately be called to account. The beginning of wisdom in any human activity is a certain reverence before the primordial mystery of existence, for the world about us is a fearsome mode of being. We do not judge the universe.

  Thomas Berry

  Judging, Arrogance, World

  Thomas Berry (2011). “The Great Work: Our Way into the Future”, p.50, Crown

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• And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride. This god, this one word: 'I.

  Ayn Rand

  Pride, Men, Joy

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.47, Xist Publishing

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• The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of oppression, if they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Strong, Patriotic, Government

  "Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant". Book by Ulysses S. Grant. Chapter 16, www.gutenberg.org. 1885.

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• No one can manage you if you don't give them permission to do so. But if you are interested in accomplishing as much as you are capable of, then I believe there are good reasons to grant that permission.

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Believe, Giving

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• God grant, if we must have two eyes, that they may be both clear ones, one the eye of faith wholly fixed on Christ, the other the eye of obedience equally and wholly fixed on the same objective!

  Charles Spurgeon

  Eye, Two, May

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• How many innocent people and children suffer in the world! Lord, grant us your peace!

  Pope Francis

  Children, People, Suffering

  Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

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• Faith never denies reality but leaves room for God to grant a new reality.

  Jim Cymbala

  Reality, Rooms, Deny

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• Goddess-nurse of the young, give ear to my prayer, and grant that this woman may reject the love-embraces of youth and dote on grey-haired old men whose powers are dulled, but whose hearts still desire.

  Homer

  Prayer, Heart, Men

  Homer (2013). “The Homer Anthology”, p.1704, eBookIt.com

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• In the African matrilineal society, the lineage of the bloodline comes down through the female side. The Arabs who invaded East Africa and other parts of Africa reversed it to the patrilineal where everything comes down through the male side and the woman has no basic rights except that which the male is willing to grant her.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Rights, East Africa, Lineage

  Source: www.ourtimepress.com

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• Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.

  Dave Barry

  Book, Drinking, Beer

  Dave Barry (2012). “The Greatest Invention in the History of Mankind Is Beer: And Other Manly Insights from Dave Barry”, p.112, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Congress decides who becomes a citizen and how. To automatically say the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship, no, we can't change that. Amending the Constitution, not possible, takes too long. We gotta find another way of dealing with this. No, we don't, because it's not there. You don't have to amend the Constitution.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Long, Citizens, Way

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• In Canada there's an extensive grant system that really allows people to make their work without having to suffer that much, and I'm staring to come around on that, that maybe people don't have to suffer. Maybe you can just not be unhappy and make beautiful music in Canada, maybe that's ok.

  Emily Haines

  Beautiful, People, Suffering

  "Taking Measurements: An Interview with Metric". Interview With Devon Powers, www.popmatters.com. October 12, 2004.

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• A happy New Year! Grant that I May bring no tear to any eye When this New Year in time shall end Let it be said I've played the friend, Have lived and loved and labored here, And made of it a happy year.

  Edgar Guest

  New Year, Eye, Holiday

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• Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Military, Civil War, Enemy

  Ulysses S. Grant (1998). “Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Volume 2 of 2”, p.318, Digital Scanning Inc

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• How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.

  William Cowper

  Prayer, Believe, Proof

  William Cowper (1835). “The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783”

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• Accepting a government grant with its accompanying rules is like marrying a girl and finding out her entire family is moving in with you before the honeymoon.

  Ronald Reagan

  Girl, Moving, Government

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• Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life.

  Cesar Chavez

  True Life

  "Prayer of the Farm Workers' Struggle". Poem by Cesar Chavez,

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• Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen

  Martin Luther

  Loyalty, Kindness, Generosity

  Martin Luther “Jesus, Remember Me: Words of Assurance from Martin Luther”, Augsburg Books

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• I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  War, Mean, Patriotic

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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