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• The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history, law, and tradition.

  John Adams

  Kings, Law, Rights

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• What havoc, said I to myself, would these manners make in America! Our governors, our judges, our senators or representatives, and even our ministers, would be appointed by harlots, for money; and their judgments, decrees, and decisions, be sold to repay themselves, or, perhaps, to procure the smiles of profligate females.

  John Adams

  America, Judging, Decision

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography (cont.) Diary. Notes of a debate in the Senate of the United States. Essays: On private revenge. On self-delusion. On private revenge. Dissertation on the canon and the feudal law. Instructions of the town of Braintree to their representative, 1765. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford. Instructions of the town of Boston to their representatives, 1768. Instructions of the town of”, p.171

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• If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.

  John Oates

  Missing You, Touring, Bigs

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• God created us with sexual passion so that there would be language to describe what it means to cleave to him in love and what it means to turn away from him to others.

  John Piper

  Passion, Mean, Language

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• The Grim Reaper, Gloria corrected herself - if anyone deserved capital letters it was surely Death. Gloria would rather like to be the Grim Reaper. She wouldn't necessarily be grim, she suspected she would be quite cheerful (Come along now, don't make such a fuss).

  Kate Atkinson

  Cheerful, Letters, Grim Reaper

  Kate Atkinson (2010). “One Good Turn: (Jackson Brodie)”, p.144, Random House

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• I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22 weeks, and I would be prepared to go down to 20.

  Michael Howard

  Believe, Past, Law

  "Howard urges limits on 'too easy' abortions" by Gaby Hinsliff, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2005.

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• The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner.

  Bobby Rahal

  Sports, Team, Winning

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• God made us in His own image so that His image would be shown.

  John Piper

  Made

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• You can just imagine if everyone on earth did have one day where we just put all our minds together regardless where the force is, as long as it's positive, and just meditate for even a hour that day. And just live nice with them nice meditation. I mean, now, the climate would be nice, the smog would a leave

  Bob Marley

  Nice, Mean, Long

  Bob Marley (2012). “Listen to Bob Marley: The Man, the Music, the Revolution”, Open Road Media

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• It would be an absurdity for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, against their own opinion, judgment, and conscience.

  John Adams

  Views, Law, Judging

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• From the point of view of the species, death is part of this whole process. You could say that species have evolved in such a way that individual members last a certain time. Perhaps a certain kind of species would be better able to survive if the individuals didn't last too long. Other kinds could last longer.

  David Bohm

  Death, Views, Long

  Professor Chris Jenks, David Bohm (2004). “Thought as a System”, p.60, Routledge

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• News in general doesn't matter most of the time, and most people would be far better off if they spent their time consuming less news and more ideas that have more lasting import.

  Evan Williams

  Ideas, People, News

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• I'm not saying running could solve all of the world's problems, but I think it would be a good start.

  John Bingham

  Running, Thinking, World

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• If God were not just, there would be no demand for his Son to suffer and die. And if God were not loving, there would be no willingness for his Son to suffer and die. But God is both just and loving. Therefore his love is willing to meet the demands of his justice.

  John Piper

  Son, Love Is, Justice

  John Piper (2005). “For Your Joy”

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• When I pray for revival I pray first for the most radical thing: The utter devotion and allegiance of your hearts to Christ. That you would love Him so deeply and long for Him so passionately that His coming would be your great hope, and death would be gain, and life would be for Christ and His kingdom.

  John Piper

  Heart, Long, Kingdoms

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• I had always been kind of obsessed with making a home of my own and was always drawing rooms that I wanted to live in, down to pictures on the wall and the faces that would be in the photographs.

  Michelle Williams

  Wall, Home, Drawing

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

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• I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.

  Michelle Williams

  Jobs, Simple, Boring

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• I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.

  Michael Moore

  Sports, Democracy, Citizens

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• Is it not common to say to a child, 'Put your finger in that candle, can you bear it even for one minute?' How then will you bear Hell-fire? Surely it would be torment enough to have the flesh burnt off from only one finger; what then will it be to have the whole body plunged into a lake of fire, burning with brimstone?

  John Wesley

  Children, Fire, Lakes

  John Wesley (1827). “Sermons on Several Occasions”, p.370

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• We can't simply take the way things seem and just work on that, because that would be another kind of mistake thought makes-taking the surface and calling it the reality.

  David Bohm

  Mistake, Reality, Mind

  David Bohm (2004). “Thought as a System”, p.15, Routledge

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• We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.

  Frank Murphy

  Trust, Rights, Giving

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• So Jesus came and modelled a lifestyle of power and purity because the power of the Spirit of God was on him. He was trying to show those of us who would follow what life would be like in someone who had no sin and was completely empowered by the Spirit of God.

  Bill Johnson

  Jesus, Trying, Spirit

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• Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques as a mixture of tried and tested formulas - if it aint broke don't fix it - and unexpected twists.

  Paul Kane

  Technique, Twists, Mixtures

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• Since natural law was thought to be accessible to the ordinary man, the theory invited each juror to inquire for himself whether a particular rule of law was consonant with principles of higher law. This view is reflected in John Adams' statement that it would be an 'absurdity' for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, 'against their own opinion, judgment, and conscience.'

  John Adams

  Men, Views, Law

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• I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.

  Dan O'Brien

  College, Track, Fields

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