"In legislation we all do a lot of swapping tobacco across the lines."

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Source : "Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations" by Library of Congress, 1989.

Joseph Gurney Cannon

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“When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she's weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.”
“The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of a zipper on the fly of God Almighty.”
“When we start to believe stories about how life works that come from anywhere else but within, we have set ourselves up for a crash course in getting a spiritual wake-up call!”
“oh well, is it hurting anyone? Because if its not and youâ€™ve been given it, Iâ€™d as soon stop calling it a thing and start referring to it as a gift.”
“The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself.”
“One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.”
“In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science.”

Source : Simon Greenleaf (1995). “The Testimony of the Evangelists: The Gospels Examined by the Rules of Evidence”, p.12, Kregel Publications
“It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called on to believe what to many people is impossible. Instead of rejoicing in this glorious "impossible" which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his might actions comprehensible to our finite minds.”

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