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Emile Zola Novelist
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"Violence has never prospered, you can't remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!"

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Huston Smith Philosopher
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"At the center of the religious life is a peculiar kind of joy, the prospect of a happy ending that blossoms from necessarily painful ordeals, the promise of human difficulties embraced and overcome."

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Brigham Young Religious Leader
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"Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned; and I will go still further, and say that this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord had given, and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned."

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Walter Russell Artist, Author, Philosopher
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"Down deep in his heart he knew that we all have the same promise of the unlimited help of the Universal Intelligence that guides all things. If we want it, we only have to plug into it with the master keys of desire and trust."

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Isaac Watts Hymn Writer, Poet
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"Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God."

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Sri Chinmoy Spiritual Teacher, Poet, Musician
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"Hope knows no fear. Hope dares to blossom even inside the abysmal abyss. Hope secretly feeds and strengthens promise."

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Frances Harper Author, Activist
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"As the saffron tints and crimson flushes of morn herald the coming day, so the social and political advancement which woman has already gained bears the promise of the rising of the full-orbed sun of emancipation. The result will be not to make home less happy, but society more holy."

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Tim Allen Actor, Comedian
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"To get a man's attention, just stand in front of the TV and don't move. He'll talk to you. I promise."

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Kemal Dervis Economist, Politician
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"...if we are to make significant progress on meeting these Goals and stay true to the promise the world made to build a better, fairer world for all, there is no time to lose in putting in place the necessary policies and resources needed to achieve these aims."

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