Tony Hendra famous quotes

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All evil begins with this belief: that anotherâ€™s existence is less precious than mine.
-- Tony Hendra

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I was awake and this was reality, the new reality of nothing--and worse, of having to continue to exist.
-- Tony Hendra

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This is the end. This is as far as you can go. After this it all starts over again.
-- Tony Hendra

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Satire dramatizes better than any other use of it, the inherent contradiction of free speech that it functions best when what is being said is at its most outrageous.
-- Tony Hendra

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The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are gradual and indirect and lay out of sight ... Hence the majority of mankind must almost of necessity look with undue favor upon governmental intervention.
There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil." --Luke Skywalker
There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance Âand aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life.
I love the saliheen (pious people) even though Iâ€™m not one of them, and I hate the taliheen (evil people) even though I (may be) worse than them.
Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.
Mithridates, he died old. Housman's passage is based on the belief of the ancients that Mithridates the Great [c. 135-63 B.C.] had so saturated his body with poisons that none could injure him. When captured by the Romans he tried in vain to poison himself, then ordered a Gallic mercenary to kill him.
Theism is so confused and the sentences in which "God" appears so incoherent and so incapable of verifiability or falsifiability that to speak of belief or unbelief, faith or unfaith, is logically impossible.
I never lost my belief, in the midst of setbacks which were not spared me during my period of struggle. Providence has had the last word and brought me success.
It is my deep personal conviction that abortion is wrong. I hope that some day we will see the current outrageously large number of abortions drop sharply...let me assure you that I share youR belief that innocent human life must be protected.
God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.

Tony Hendra famous quotes

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