[It] is well and good when our convictions are based upon the __hou shalts_ and the __hou shalt nots_ of Scripture rather than our own ideas.
If I truly had the courage of my convictions, I would be a full-blown comic novelist.
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If I truly had the courage of my convictions, I would be a full-blown comic novelist.
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