"I like "God Give Me the Strength" very much. It's not really a blues and to call it a ballad is absurd. I don't know, its mid-tempo. Mark (St. John) actually wrote it and I think its very telling of our lives in the 60s. Its just a good song, ya know."

-- Dick Taylor

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“Through humility, soul-searching, and prayerful contemplation we have gained a new understanding of certain dogmas. The church no longer believes in a literal hell where people suffer. This doctrine is incompatible with the infinite love of God. God is not a judge but a friend and a lover of humanity. God seeks not to condemn but only to embrace. Like the fable of Adam and Eve, we see hell as a literary device. Hell is merely a metaphor for the isolated soul, which like all souls ultimately will be united in love with God.”
“One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.”

Source : Rollo May (2009). “Man's Search for Himself”, p.7, W. W. Norton & Company
“I think I became an actor because I couldn't sing.”
“The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values.”
“The best that we can hope for in this life is that we shall not have sons and grandsons of whom we need to be ashamed.”
“However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.”
“Education can also be used as a soft power and as a soft force to transform societies. When I say transform societies it means we can tackle issues in political, social, cultural, economic areas. These are the most important things.”
“You often see shocks in the League Cup, even when you donâ€™t expect them”

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