Famous Quotes: Religion

I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's.
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Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?
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I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined.
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If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
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Art is spiritual.
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All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
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I follow politics, but I don't like to discuss it.
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I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.
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There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.
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The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.
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God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
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There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.
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I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
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Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.
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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!
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If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.
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The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House.
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I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
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I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid.
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