"Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat."
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"The much-quoted immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary occurred but once so that the world might know that Almighty God, when He so chooses, has no need of men, though He cannot dispense with women."
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"Her own body was such a familiar and unremarkable thing to her that she was puzzled by the convulsive ecstasy men could take from it, by the intense and amusing need they had merely to touch it, to reach out urgently and press it, squeeze it, pinch it, rub it. She did not understand Yossarian's lust; but she was willing to take is word for it."
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"Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all."
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"God is bigger than every issue you will ever have to face, and you can do whatever you need to do through Christ who strengthens you."
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"When you need to make a decision, don't let your emotions vote."
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"Instead of judging people, we need to pray."
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"Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life."
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"I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there's no point in me blaming you for what's wrong in my life."
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"Tonight, darling, we are going to right a lot of wrongs. And we are going to wrong some rights. The first shall be last; the last shall be first; the meek shall do some earth-inheriting. But before we can radically reshape the world, we need to shop."
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"But before we can radically reshape the world, we need to shop."
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"There's so much art and it's gotten so flashy. In the global marketplace, having art that's shiny and has neon lights is almost what you need for anyone to notice it in an art fair situation - and art fairs seem to be more and more the only thing there is."
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"I have never been able to understand anyone on this planet who lacks a need for knowledge. Is it not God's greatest gift to us all, this capacity to think, to wonder, to imagine?"
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"We attracted a lot of market timers and asset allocators. I don't need those ... amateurs in my fund."
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"I am serious, so I laugh a lot. You need to laugh. You don't laugh enough. I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh."
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"The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings."
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"over and over again I am struck by the wordiness of modern poetry, as if language had replaced experience and must be more and more extreme, intricate and in a way divorced from life itself. It seems as if what we all need is a great purification - but how will that come about?"
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"France is an old country that needs to wake up."
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"By the way, you don't need the makeup." Puck said."
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"But we need a medical community that's trained and knowledgeable and working on advancement."
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