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My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abid

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. – Barack Obama

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We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. – Barack Obama

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We need earmark reform, and when Im President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely. – Barack Obama

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Dawkins considers that all faith is blind faith, and that Christian and Muslim children are brought up to believe unquestioningly. Not even the dim-witted clerics who knocked me about at grammar school thought that. – Terry Eagleton

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Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. – Mason Cooley

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Its a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad. – Julie Bowen

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The royals – all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles – have done outstanding work with the faith communities. – Jonathan Sacks

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Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer. – Mary Baker Eddy

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And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. – Joseph Story

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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. – Richard Whately

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