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There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.


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The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.


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I hadn't been practicing or playing or anything. But that had been a vital part of my life.


Joseph Jarman
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Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the scriptures diligently and daily to seek the will of the Lord in our life. For some, it may be necessary to develop the discipline to search the scriptures daily.
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Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.


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We must restore faith in politics. Reform of the House of Lords is only one part of the answer, but it is a vital one.
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Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.
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Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.


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This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth.
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