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Quote by Thomas Paine
The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket

The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick. – Thomas Paine

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Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. – Thomas Paine

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Religion
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Thomas Paine
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Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS — our inferior one varies with the place. – Thomas Paine

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Citizenship
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Thomas Paine
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Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. – Thomas Paine

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Religion
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The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. – Charles De Gaulle

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Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis? – Christopher Marlowe

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No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined in ordinary language, or pinned down to any particular happening. – David Jenkins

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All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds. – George Bernard Shaw

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I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a womans right to choose. I believe in marriage equality. – Andrew Cuomo

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Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard. – George Lucas

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To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals – this alone is worth the struggle. – William Osler

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