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Dennis Miller Comedian
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"The very definition of the innate hollowness of leading a political life when you end up on your nearest and dearest moments or most personal evenings with donors. That should - that should tell you all you need to know about the ramble that is politics."

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Deron Williams Basketball player
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"I actually don't play any new video games except 'Call of Duty.' I'm addicted to 'Call of Duty.' It's the only game I need."

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Desmond Tutu Theologian, Activist
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"We have an extraordinary God. God is a mighty God, but this God needs you. When someone is hungry, bread doesn't come down from heaven. When God wants to feed the hungry, you and I must feed the hungry. And now God wants peace in the world."

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Desmond Tutu Theologian, Activist
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"I think we need to grow in our self-assurance that is not scared of being challenged, that the truth we uphold can stand up to the closest possible scrutiny."

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"Could I but lay my head in your lap, lass. Feel your hand on me, and sleep wi' the scent of you in my bed. Christ, Sassenach. I need ye."

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Theologian
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"We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth. There God dealt with us, and there he still deals with us, our needs and our sins, in judgment and grace."

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Dolly Parton Singer, Songwriter, Actress
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"People are looking for something a little more stable; people are feeling like they need to get closer to God."

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Dolly Parton Singer, Songwriter, Actress
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"I'll oil wells love you. I'll oil wells care. I'll oil wells need you. I want you oil wells dear."

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
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"Ok," he said, "I don't like to disturb you at what I know must be a difficult and distressing time for you, but I need to know first of all if you actually realize that this is a difficult and distressing time for you."

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
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"You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy's a fun place. You'll need to have this fish in your ear."

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Duncan Green Author
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"I see [activists] getting really angry that people won't just do what the evidence tells them, and that's not very helpful. You need to actually think why that is."

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