"God made the country, and man made the town."

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"To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility."

— Kurt Cobain

Music1967–1994

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"God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it."

— Julian of Norwich

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"After he married TerRAHsa, didn't John Kerry begin practicing Judiasm? He also has paternal grandparents that were Jewish. What religion is John Kerry?"

— Jerome Corsi

Literature1946

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"Resolved, to confess frankly to myself all that which I find in myself, either infirmity or sin; and, if it be what concerns religion, also to confess the whole case to God, and implore needed help."

— Jonathan Edwards (theologian)

Philosophy1703–1758

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