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We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitud

We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others. – Matthew Simpson

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Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age. – Matthew Simpson

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Age
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If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses how wide is that we gain from other sources. – Matthew Simpson

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Knowledge
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If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character. – Matthew Simpson

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Faith
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Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Faith

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of us have ventured out nevertheless, and so far we have not fallen off. It is my faith, my feminist faith, that we will not. – Andrea Dworkin

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Faith

Look, I think Hispanic community – the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. – Ted Cruz

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Faith

In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread. – Kenneth Scott Latourette

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Faith

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How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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famous

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance. – Martha Graham

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Dance, Dancing

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. – William Shakespeare, Henry VI

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Hypocrisy

Even when youre making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess its part of my dramatic viewpoint. Im not sure why exactly. – Gus Van Sant

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Death