"Some were paid solely for their ability to dream up the unthinkable."

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Source : Olen Steinhauer (2010). “The Nearest Exit”, p.237, Macmillan

Olen Steinhauer

#Dream Quotes #Ability Quotes #Unthinkable Quotes

“I got to see first hand what he has done to make this a reality. That has been real rewarding to watch him achieve his dream.”
“The most deadly poison of our times is indifference. And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers.”
“Education is thus a most power ally of humanism, and every public school is a school of humanism. What can the theistic Sunday school, meeting for an hour once a week, and teaching only a fraction of the children, do to stem the tide of a five-day program of humanistic teachings?”

Source : Charles Francis Potter, Mrs Clara (Cook). Potter (1930). “Hvmanism: A New Religion”
“Wonder Showzen was one of the first shows that realized each sketch, each segment is essentially one joke, and, once you know what the joke is, it's time to move on.”
“I went to a place recently I think is one of the most f**ked up places I've ever been to. I'm convinced this place is the epitome of American excess, of American greed. I'm talking about a place called Cold Stone Creamery. Whoa. If you have not been there, the basic gist of Cold Stone is that they take ice cream and then they just go ape sh*t with it.”
“Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues.”
“Being on stage, it's like, "Ooo-kay, now I remember why all this is going wrong or right!" It's very much my element.”

Source : Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2005.
“Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all.”

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