Quote by John Clayton
There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were s

There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for. – John Clayton

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Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday. – John Clayton

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Christmas
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Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship in the church? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? Is he really the divine Lord of lords? – John Clayton

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Faith
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Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another. – John Clayton

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Im thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other peoples lives. – Rachel Roy

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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. – William Blake

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thankful

I am a big defender of Harry Potter, and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them. – Judy Blume

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thankful

The Night Train has already been a crazy ride for me. We flew around making TV appearances and stadium announcements all over the country, fueled by little more than coffee and adrenaline… so many fans jumped on board with us, and I couldnt be more thankful. – Jason Aldean

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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. – Somerset Maugham

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Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced. – Marquis de Sade

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fitness

A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit. – Danny Boyle

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Trust