"The purpose of our holy and righteous God was to save his church, but their sin could not go unpunished. It was, therefore, necessary that the punishment for that sin be transferred from those who deserved it but could not bear it, to one who did not deserve it but was able to bear it."

-- John Owen

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“In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced.”
“History is a light that illuminates the past, and a key that unlocks the door to the future.”
“When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit.”
“No, I'm all man. I even fought in WWII. Of course, I was wearing women's undergarments under my uniform.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ed Wood". "Ed Wood", 1994.
“And now that the Greatest Generation is getting older, I think it is the responsibility of all Americans to make sure we do our part for America's seniors. You have earned the best of America -- and we need to make sure you get the protection and health care you deserve.”
“I have always been astonished by hate. Revenge and hate. That is such strange human elements. I have seen a lot of that in my life. I am just as surprised each time. By revenge and hate.”

Source : Source: sturm-lie.be
“I understood at once, I am not living, but actively dying. I am smoking, living unhealthily. Iâ€™m shutting down. I need to go the other way, inside. And it was so clear to me what I was doing. It was suddenly perfectly clear. I understood, I need to write. Live here, in my words, and my head. I need to go inside, thatâ€™s all. No big, complicated, difficult thing. I just need to go in reverse. And not worry about what to write about, but just write. Or, if Iâ€™m going to worry about what to write, then do this worrying on paper, so at least Iâ€™m writing and will have a record of the anxiety.”
“I wish I came from a more pure place. I don't have something to say from the bottom of my soul. I just know how to take stuff I like and repackage it in a slightly different way.”

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

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