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Billy Graham Evangelist, Author
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"God undertook the most dramatic rescue operation in cosmic history. He determined to save the human race from self-destruction, and He sent His Son Jesus Christ to salvage and redeem them. The work of man's redemption was accomplished at the cross."

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Tim Allen Actor, Comedian
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"Real men don't use instructions, son. Besides, this is just the manufacturer's opinion on how to put this together."

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John Calvin Theologian, Reformer
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"There are sons of God who do not yet appear so to us, but now do so to God; and there are those who, on account of some arrogated or temporal grace, are called so by us, but are not so to God."

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Ziggy Marley Musician
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"The last thing my father told me was: 'On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don't let me down.' A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously."

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Lauryn Hill Singer, Songwriter
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"That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in."

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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
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"The feeling of patriotism - It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God . . . or even a free man guided by his own reason, each man under the influence of patriotism confesses himself the son of his fatherland and the slave of his government, and commits actions contrary to his reason and conscience."

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John Locke Philosopher, Physician
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"The reservedness and distance that fathers keep, often deprive their sons of that refuge which would be of more advantage to them than an hundred rebukes or chidings."

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John Locke Philosopher, Physician
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"He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son."

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author
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"- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I never get a chance to do what I want to do! - Son, that's universal. The way to keep that recipe from killing you is occasionally to do what you want to do anyhow."

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John Calvin Theologian, Reformer
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"For it was not after we were reconciled to him by the blood of his Son that he began to love us, but he loved us before the foundation of the world, that with his only begotten Son we too might be sons of God before we were anything at all."

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James D. Watson Molecular Biologist, Geneticist
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"I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless."

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