Key Quotes - What famous people say

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Last update: Wednesday 25th March
 
“I do not think that politicians should get into the position of trying to moralise. I, as the son of a Church of Scotland minister, am not going to moralise about people’s circumstances I don’t known about”- Gordon Brown
What famous people sayThirdway - September 2007
 
Newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky has told for the first time how members of her family were massacred in the Holocaust. The 34-year old broke down in tears as she discovered the terrible truth about her ancestry while filming BBC1 series “Who Do You Think You Are?” Kaplinsky is descended from Polish Jews on her father’s side.
What famous people sayThe Sentinel - August 28th 2007
 
Celebrity chef Anthony Worrall Thompson pledged that smokers’ rights campaigners would “fight on” after the smoking ban came into force.

What famous people sayThe Sentinel - June 26 2007
 
Kaka had only one thought in his mind after eclipsing Wayne Rooney, Ronaldo and the rest afterwards: to thank god. He said “I was born into a Christian home, baptized and in 1994 something supernatural happened to me. I cannot explain it but after that I got closer to God – more in tune with him.” He remained a virgin until marrying his wife Caroline in 2005 when such modern ‘legends’ as Cafu, Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos attended the wedding. Kaka always throws his hands into the air giving the glory for his on field brilliance to God and off the pitch he lives out his faith.
What famous people sayThe Son - Summer 2007
 
Natasha Bedingfield says “People are defensive about religion a lot of the time. They want to bring out a reaction in you that’s some way Bible bashing or finger pointing- that’s their expectation. For me though, it’s my rock. It was how I was brought up and it’s made me who I am.”
What famous people sayThe Son - Summer 2007
 
On being quizzed recently on what it feels like to be the world’s richest man, Bill Gates, chairman of the Microsoft Corporation replied: “I wish I wasn’t…….. There’s nothing good that comes out of it.”
What famous people sayThe Universe – 16th July 2006
 
It’s not heroin or alcohol but benefits which are the ultimate drug. If someone is used to receiving benefits, the incentive to improve oneself diminishes. You end up watching TV all day or just hanging around.

What famous people sayTerry Waite in Joy Magazine – June 2006
 
Invading Iraq has not made the world safer. It has simply turned it into a recruiting ground for terrorism. Now British and US troops are there, we simply can’t withdraw, but neither can we remain for ever.

What famous people sayTerry Waite in Joy Magazine – June 2006
 
May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my country and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature of the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him who made me, and may His blessing light upon my endeavors for serving my Country faithfully. To Him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen."
What famous people sayHoratio, Lord Nelson, (20 October 1805, his prayer on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar)
 
'When I was 21 years old, I found Scientology and that gave me a kind of sanity. I think (after death) that the body ends and you as a spirit go on. It's up to you what you are going to do. You want to get back into another body or if you just want to hang out; whatever you feel like.' John Travolta
What famous people sayCharisma - April 2005
 
'One of the biggest mistakes humans can make is to believe there is only one way. Actually there are many diverse paths leading to what you call God.' Oprah Winfrey
What famous people sayCharisma - April 2005
 
'(Buddhism) is a gradual process as the mind is familiarized with another way. hopefully, the correct way. So it is a process that takes several lifetimes.' Richard Gere
What famous people sayCharisma - April 2005
 
'I put the Force into (Star Wars) in order to try to awaken a certain kind of spirituality in young people -more a belief in God than a belief in any particular religious system.' George Lucas
What famous people sayCharisma - April 2005
 
'There's no doubt about it - I have felt the hand of God throughout my life. I had that Pentecostal foundation and a mother who used to say, Son you never know who's praying for you.' Denzel Washington
What famous people sayCharisma - April 2005
 
'I have always wanted to believe that there is something more to life than what we have here on Earth. I mean it would be nice to know that there is something more, a higher power waiting for us, wouldn't it?' Kevin Costner
What famous people sayCharisma - April 2005
 
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