"Generally, Putin thinks of himself as Christian. I don't think he is, but he pretends to think that he is. In terms of his ideology he's more like Bush Jr. But he's less ideological. He's thinking more, 'How to stay in power?'"

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Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com

Ilya Ponomarev

#Christian Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Term Quotes

“I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing about. The first song I wrote was called "Kitten." It was about a boy named Liam, who I was just crazy about.”
“I believe you can frighten people without showing their heads caved-in.”
“If at the end of the day, people look at it and say, oh, yeah, I liked his stuff, or for the most part I liked his stuff, or I've enjoyed watching some of the things he's done, that's all I can hope for.”
“The sages of old live again in us, and in opinions there is a metempsychosis.”

Source : Joseph Glanvill (1885). “Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science”
“Wonder has no opposite; it springs up already doubled in itself, compounded of dread and desire at once, attraction and recoil, producing a thrill, the shudder of pleasure and of fear.”

Source : Marina Warner, Sophie Herxheimer, Gilbert Adair (1994). “Wonder Tales”, p.3, Oxford University Press on Demand
“Do you know what a great gift it is that God gave us the right to speak to Him every hour and moment, wherever we are? He always listens to us. This is the greatest honor we have. For this reason we must love God.”
“Even in this day and age, if you're not married, there are people who are like, 'Awww! Don't worry, it'll happen for you someday.'”

Source : "Would you like to be my bridesmaid?" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2011.
“I wasn't a bad person who needed to become good...I was DEAD and needed to be brought to life! (Ephesians 2:1-10)”

Source : FaceBook post by Perry Noble from Jan 30, 2013

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