A dull, dark, depressing day in Winter: the whole world looks like a Methodist church at Wednesday night prayer meeting. _ H. L. Mencken

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Relationships feed on credibility, honesty, and consistency. -Scott Borchetta

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I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other. Harvey Fierstein ― Harvey Fierstein

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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely. ― Louisa May Alcott

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Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about.

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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon. -- Nat Wolff

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A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.

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Prayer is not a preparation for the battle; it is the battle!

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The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else solve theirs. The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live. The best way to respond to wrong is to do what's right. The better we know ourselves the less we'll criticize others. The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.

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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. ― William Faulkner

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