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“As a Jewish thinker, I don't think of myself in relationship to the dominant culture's religion.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one of their first lessons in the gospel that pastoral work and evangelistic work ought to be paid, and will they not believe it? They would all believe it if the Holy Ghost did not dispute our teaching. It is a powerful proof of the presence and grace of the Holy Ghost that they do not all believe it and act accordingly.”

Source : Roland Allen, David M. Paton (2012). “The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen”, p.182, The Lutterworth Press
“By changing nothing, nothing changes.”
“How can I wear the harness of toil And sweat at the daily round, While in my soul forever The drums of Pictdom sound?”
“People see a lot of huge stuff on Broadway, but there's always Off-Broadway energy and also shows that you can work in.”

Source : "Emmy Nominee Loretta Devine Reflects on a Divine Career" by Melinda Loewenstein, www.backstage.com. August 19, 2011.
“Although it's been said many times, many ways...Merry Christmas to you!”

Source : Song: The Christmas Song
“The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.”

Source : "Fulbright: The Dissenter". Book by Haynes Bonner Johnson and Bernard M. Gwertzman, 1968.
“It's sometimes shocking to find out what people really believe in.”

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