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“Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is very impossible to please... No, God delights even in our heartfelt attempts at obedience.”
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“Once in a blue moon someone like you comes along.”
Source : Song: Once in a Blue Moon, 2003
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“If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, he is severed from the Godhead. If anyone should assert that He passed through the Virgin as through a channel, and was not at once divinely and humanly formed in her (divinely, because without the intervention of a man; humanly, because in accordance with the laws of gestation), he is in like manner godless.”
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“The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy.”
Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books
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“Our family adopted Paulie from a shelter as an 8-week-old puppy. We've had him for 11 years, and I think it was valuable for the kids to learn to be responsible for a pet. It's a wonderful thing for families - the unconditional love you get from a pet is something you carry with you for the rest of your life.”
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“For some miracles can only occur in the dark.”
Source : Walter Moers (2007). “Rumo: And His Miraculous Adventures”, p.180, The Overlook Press
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“When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.”
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“He believed in himself, believed in his quixotic ambition, letting the failures of the previous day disappear as each new day dawned. Yesterday was not today. The past did not predict the future if he could learn from his mistakes.”
Source : Daniel Wallace (2014). “The Kings and Queens of Roam: A Novel”, p.99, Simon and Schuster