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Men are more like the time they live in than they are like their fathers.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
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The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed.
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In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church.
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You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well.
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All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.
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I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan's mouth.
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A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
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Despatch is the soul of business.
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Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.
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Look for strength in people, not weakness for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.
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The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.
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Our lives are fed by kind words and gracious behavior. We are nourished by expressions like 'excuse me', and other such simple courtesies.
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The more human beings proceed by plan the more effectively they may be hit by accident
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If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.
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The cold war was an aberration. Note how quickly the Europeans turned on America once 400 hostile divisions were no longer on their borders.
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The devil, my friends, is a woman just now. 'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.
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Never seem wiser or more learned than the people you are with.
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I think second place is always the most difficult one. It's not a nice feeling.
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Of all the agonies in life, that which is most poignant and harrowing--that which for the time annihilates reason, and leaves our whole organization one lacerated, mangled heart--is the conviction that we have been deceived where we placed all the trust of love.
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No one can bring to God what you can.
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