"Are we not to pity and supply the poor, though they have no relation to us? No relation? That cannot be. The Gospel styles them all our brethren."

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Source : Thomas Sprat (1678). “A Sermon Preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of Clergy-men: In the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Nov. Vii, 1678”, p.11

Thomas Sprat

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“I want to tell them (western countries) just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so will the Zionist regime soon be wiped out.”
“It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.”

Source : "The singer who disappeared" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. January 12, 2005.
“I believe that the confidence, really being okay with myself, and really being okay with my gift have grown over the years. It just came with time, and it came with getting my feelings hurt, a few times, and realizing to stop performing for people but if perform for God, who gave you the talent, then you can care less about what any casting directors, producers, or what any of them think. You're doing it for a higher purpose. If they don't like it, that's okay! God does.”
“Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. So long as you are vigilant and walk warily with thought and care, so long will it give you its aid, but look away for an instant, be heedless or forgetful, and it has you by the throat.”

Source : Kamala Markandaya (1954). “Nectar in a Sieve: A Novel”
“I think of my work as very polarizing; either people really do like it and are touched by it or they really don't get it at all. It's not accessible to all people at the same level.”
“The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'”

Source : "Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. November 13, 2011.
“You don't think I'm crazy?" I asked hesitantly. "Like I'm one to judge another persons sanity.”
“To be rich be diligent; move on Like heav'ns great movers that enrich the earth; Whose moment's sloth would show the world undone; And make the spring straight bury all her birth. Rich are the diligent who can command Time--nature's stock.”

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