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Quote by Martha Gellhorn
After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of rep

After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat. – Martha Gellhorn

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Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but Im not complaining,… Those who find growing old terrible are people who havent done what they wanted with their lives. – Martha Gellhorn

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Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. – Martha Gellhorn

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And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish. – Martha Gellhorn

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Resist your fear fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe. – T. D. Jakes

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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. – Simone Weil

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But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith. – Anna Letitia Barbauld

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