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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author
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"The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed."

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Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator
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"It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination."

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Henri Nouwen Theologian, Author
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"Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him."

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Sally Mann Photographer
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"All the good pictures that came so easily now make the next set of pictures virtually impossible in your mind."

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Stendhal Novelist
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"Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore."

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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
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"For a few seconds they looked silently into each other's eyes, and the distant and impossible suddenly became near, possible, and inevitable."

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