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“Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding.”

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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose works and ideas had a profound influence on the world. He was a renowned painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist, musician, and engineer. more

“To be in a relationship with God is to be loved purely and furiously. And a person who thinks himself unlovable cannot be in a relationship with God because he can't accept who God is; a Being that is love. We learn that we are lovable or unlovable from other people. That is why God tells us so many times to love each other.”

People Thinking Persons Accepting Love Each Other Relationship With God Lovable Who God Is Unlovable

Author:Donald Miller

“Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.”

Thinking Stupidity Idiot Halfway

Author:Iain Banks

“A writer always wears glasses and never combs his hair. Half the time he feels angry about everything and the other half depressed. He spends most of his life in bars, arguing with other dishevelled, bespectacled writers. He says very 'deep' things. He always has amazing ideas for the plot of his next novel, and hates the one he has just published.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho

“Jace hated it when other people were worried on his behalf. It made him feel like maybe there really was something to worry about.”

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Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass

“I'm all right,' Jace protested, but his hand gripped Alec's sleeve tightly. 'I can stand.' It looks to me like you're using a wall to prop you up. That's not my definition of "standing."' It's leaning,' Jace told him. 'Leaning comes right before standing.”

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Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“Stop it." Isabelle tapped a booted foot in the shallow water at the lake's edge. "Both of you. In fact, all three of you. If we don't stick together in the Seelie Court, we're dead." "But I haven't-," Clary started. "Maybe you haven't, but the way you let those two act..." Isabelle indicated the boys with a disdainful wave of her hand. "I can't tell them what to do!" "Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you.”

“I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.”

Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence

“Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry.”

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Book:Life of Thomas Jefferson: with selections from the most valuable portions of his voluminious and unrivalled private correspondence : with portrait

Source: Life of Thomas Jefferson: with selections from the most valuable portions of his voluminious and unrivalled private correspondence : with portrait

“We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.”

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Book:The Jefferson Bible: With the Annotated Commentaries on Religion of Thomas Jefferson

Source: The Jefferson Bible: With the Annotated Commentaries on Religion of Thomas Jefferson

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