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April 2009

C.S. Lewis

by Gilda April 27, 2009

C.S Lewis “I am in love, and out it, I will not go.”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Gilda April 27, 2009

Ralph Waldo Emerson “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry with us or we find it not.”

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George Bernard Shaw

by Gilda April 27, 2009

George Bernard Shaw “This is the true joy of life: The being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clot of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.” Uff dah. I [...]

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Jesus of Nazareth

by Gilda April 27, 2009

Jesus of Nazareth “Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.” Matthew 13:52 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you [...]

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Chili Bean Chili

by Gilda April 27, 2009

*1 lb. ground beef (97% fat free) *1 tbsp. taco seasoning 1 tbsp. Chili powder Couple sprinkles curry powder 1 green pepper (peeled and chopped) 1 cup chopped sweet yellow onion * 2 (15 oz.) cans kidney beans, rinsed *1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes 1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce *2 garlic cloves, minced [...]

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Winter Lentil Soup

by Gilda Anderson April 27, 2009

Thinly cover the bottom of a skillet with the olive oil, medium heat. Once hot add carrots, onions, green pepper and celery. Stir, so that everyone gets in on the fun. Once the onions are translucent, remove the whole mix and put in the crock-pot. Add the lentils, garlic, ginger, broth, salt and pepper to [...]

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MacBeth by William Shakespeare

by Gilda Anderson April 27, 2009

1.3 lines 122-125 :Banquo to MacBeth “…oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence.”

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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

by Gilda Anderson April 27, 2009

Part Eight Chapter 19 :Levin talking to himself (thinking) “This new feeling has not changed me, has not made me happy and enlightened all of a sudden, as I dreamed it would. It is like the way it was with my feeling for my son. There was no surprise about this either. But be it [...]

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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

by Gilda Anderson April 27, 2009

Book IV Torment Chapter I Father Ferapont :Father Paisii speaking to Alexei “Remember, young man, unceasingly,” Father Paisii began, without preface, “that the science of this world, which has become a great power, has, especially in the last century, analysed everything divine handed down to us in the holy books. After this cruel analysis the [...]

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Can a Smart Person Believe in God by Michael Guillen

by Gilda Anderson April 27, 2009

“Still, off the top of my head, I’d say the chances of star dust accidentally coming together to form even a simple creature are akin to the odds of a raw chunk of marble accidentally being carved by wind and rain into Michaelangelo’s Pieta.”

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