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WALTER MARTIN You see, 30 years ago I didn't have near the audience I have now. My tapes on the cults have rea... WALTER MARTIN The Doctrine of the Trinity teaches that within the unity of the one Godhead there are three separat... WALTER MARTIN A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of Go... WALTER MARTIN Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same... DEMETRI MARTIN The bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door. DEMETRI MARTIN You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. STEVE MARTIN And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindnes... MARTIN SCORSESE Big money is made in the stock market by being on the right side of the major moves. The idea is to ... MARTIN ZWEIG Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out. MARTIN SCORSESE My children's favourite thing is to con me into buying them ice-cream if there's not too big... CATHERINE MARTIN God doesn't make mistakes and has made each of us in his own image. God is simply love. There sh... MARTIN O'MALLEY For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than... MARTIN LUTHER The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid. MARTIN LUTHER 'Mars et Avril' is a science fiction film. It's set in Montreal some 50 years in the fut... MARTIN VILLENEUVE Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really w... MARTIN PARR I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes. DEMETRI MARTIN Some had the custom of receiving the Eucharist daily, some twice a week, some on the Lord's day,... MARTIN CHEMNITZ I think you can be depressed and flourish, I think you can have cancer and flourish, I think you can... MARTIN SELIGMAN Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes. MARY MARTIN The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else. MARTIN LUTHER