Alan Lightman
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ASHRAF BARHOM When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea... PHILIP T.M CRAIG GROESCHEL We're both running in the same race together. We both work so hard to get people to come to Chattano... BILL CHAPIN I know what you might be thinking here on your own, but those thoughts won’t last for ever,’ I s... SARAH MOORE FITZGERALD DAVID A. BEDNAR RICHARD YATES I think that we live in a highly specialized, technologically advanced society. Highly developed soc... PAOLO BACIGALUPI PETER THIEL I try hope that in the end, we will live in a cancer-free world. We want to live disease-free lives. AARON CIECHANOVER Parents have said we try so hard to mainstream the special needs children in the school system that ... JENNIFER BURFORD BORIS JOHNSON DEYTH BANGER KATHARINE HEPBURN I understand that we cannot make other people happy when they are unhappy. AUDREY TAUTOU ASHWIN SANGHI CHARLES BUKOWSKI CRAIG GROESCHEL Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO all believers should “submit to each other out of reverence for Christ.” In many ways, wives sho... JANET BOYNES KENDRA WILKINSON The issues in San Diego are big issues, and we all realize that working together gives us the best c... BEN MONTERROSO RAND PAUL TORI AMOS I've always believed that the artiste is the one who has his pulse on the society and who, in ma... ANTHONY CARMONA It's not about worthiness, it's about willingness. R. ALAN WOODS We are responsible for ourselves and each other. RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO While faith need not be monolithic - it can motivate both voting behavior and character development ... J. D. VANCE The words you can’t find, you borrow.GABRIELLE ZEVIN C. JOYBELL C. RICKY GERVAIS JOHN MAYER We want to make a statement that we believe in Manatee County and we believe this is the place to wo... RICHARD TAYLOR MORRIE SCHWARTZ JOYCE RACHELLE DANIEL KAHNEMAN An important lesson that we can all get out of life is to make sure that we live each day to the bes... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA JOSEPH CAMPBELL What we understand is that society must allow room for the irrational, in healthy balance with the r... ROBIN ROBERTSON CRAIG GROESCHEL We talked about that in the locker room before the game. We had a chance to make history in a variet... CAROL ROSS ALEX GREY Canadians need to understand that we're not immune from the complexities in which we live and we mus... ANNE MCLELLAN We want everyone to understand that this effort didn't end at Christmas. Our troops need to know som... BRUCE JOHNSON The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO I certainly respect and understand the need for the American people to understand what their governm... ALBERTO R. GONZALES MAX DE PREE LOUIS DE BERNIèRES COLM TOIBIN We all deserve to live in a safe neighborhood, a safe community, and so we're going to try to make s... RAUL ALVAREZ CHRISTINA ENGELA ALEK WEK SPENCER BACHUS MARTIN SCORSESE LAILAH GIFTY AKITA BEN CARSON JONATHAN KELLERMAN We should stop trying to find differences between one another, and focus on our similarities. BEN OAK We need to understand the perspective of the other race, and we need to understand that compromise i... CHARLES PICKERING You need time in order to build community. These days, single people live complicated lives and they... CECILE ANDREWS I really believe safe, clean housing is a basic need that should be available to everyone. Habitat f... BARBARA THOMAS When we try to find the good in ourselves and others, we pull those good traits up out of hiding and... EMILYANN GIRDNER DAISAKU IKEDA Our most preaching today end up in yielding new ways of sin to both the unbelievers and the believer... KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this I... ANSELM OF CANTERBURY ALBERT CAMUS We try to look and be very respectful and careful about that. JACK WOMACK TAMMY FAYE BAKKER GROVER NORQUIST NICHOLAS SPARKS GUY FINLEY HENRY DAVID THOREAU Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see thingsE.J. PATTEN
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We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. 
See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be 
What will happen if we go to 0 day?
Now she and I sit together in her room and eat chocolate, and I tell her that in a very long time wh... 
All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... 
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understan... 
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understan... 
Conservatives believe in the ties that bind us. Society is stronger when we make vows to each other ... 
That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. 
I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind t... 
We should remember that bearing a heartfelt testimony is only a beginning. We need to bear testimony... 
I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... 
I believe that evolution is a true account of nature, but I think we should try to escape it or tran... 
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I believe that the day one stops being spiritual, one ends up being religious. I live by the adage t... 
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I believe that both people in a marriage should be concentrated on health, and you should be inspiri... 
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I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other. 
The words you can’t find, you borrow.
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I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented. 
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Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides. 
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Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. 
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Sometimes we need to be apart to understand just how much we truly love each other . 
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No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. 
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Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore. 
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I always feel over-appreciated but underestimated. 
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The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention. 
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