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"If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards!"

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Stephen Hawking Theoretical Physicist
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"The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the conditions that are necessary for their existence. It is a bit like a rich person living in a wealthy neighborhood not seeing any poverty."

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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
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"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"Blasphemy? No, it is not blashphemy. If God is as vast as that, he is above blasphemy; if he is as little as that, He is beneath it."

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Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader
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"I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being."

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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
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"The immense majority of intellectually eminent men disbelieve in the Christian religion, but they conceal the fact in public, because they are afraid of losing their incomes."

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