"...Had the eyes of a monster. He was savage. My God, he was savage! It was unimaginable. He broke my teeth, he pulled my hair back. He put a bottle in my mouth and pushed it until the lips split from the pressure."

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“When I stand before the throne of God, I shall be judged innocent.”

“Perhaps you think that any fool could become a member of the SS. Do you really know what an SS soldier is? He is a superman. He is a professional chosen personally by Hitler. A soldier whose antecedents are analyzed for four generations back before he is given the honor of being allowed to join this elite organization.”

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"Profitability is the consequence of doing business in the right way, to honor God."

— Ted Malloch

Business1952

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"What seem our worst prayers may really be, in God's eyes, our best. Those, I mean, which are least supported by devotional feeling. For these may come from a deeper level than feeling. God sometimes s…"

— C. S. Lewis

Literature1925–1954

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"Sin is never in action, it is always in reaction."

— Chinmayananda Saraswati

Education1916–1993

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"Well, you know I used to play piano for the church. You know that spiritual, 'Give Me that Old Time Religion', most churches just say, "Give me that old time religion" but I did, "Give me that old tim…"

— Little Richard

Music1932–2020

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