Moustapha Akkad quote: "If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message."

If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christian...
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JACKIE ROBINSON

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ALAN GARNER

Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant.
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BRIAN ENO

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DANNY ELFMAN

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RANDY WEST

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RANDY NEWMAN

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PATRICK ROTHFUSS

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T. J. MILLER

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PRAS MICHEL

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AUNJANUE ELLIS

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MATT DAMON

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MAX MARTIN

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CRAIG FAIRBRASS

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art.
JEANNE MOREAU

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BRIAN COX

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MARILYN MANSON

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BEANIE SIGEL

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BIANCA LAWSON

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CHARLES DURNING

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BAM MARGERA

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PATTON OSWALT

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JIM WALLIS

My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven'...
BOB HAWKE

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MAX LANDIS

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EDEN SHER

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GRACIE GOLD

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YOUNG JEEZY

My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some bitterness there ...
JIMMY CHAMBERLIN

If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message.

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If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message.

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