"Glory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized."

-- Arthur Cravan

#Wish Quotes #Scandal Quotes #Glory Quotes

“Advertising seemed almost natural to me because it was a business where you had to inform, persuade and educate. And so from being a junior copywriter to being the creative director of one of the largest advertising agencies in the country took me 4.5 years, which is, well, a fairly spectacular rise.”
“Drug-use is a terminal disease.”

Source : "Gone Way Down: Teenage Drug-Use is a Disease". American Studies Press, Tampa, Florida, 1981.
“The difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich have learned to recognize the value of their thoughts.”
“I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience.”
“Fact and fiction are different truths.”
“I was examining what religious identity meant in Africa. Along the edge of the Islamic world, what patterns were shaping identity? And the truth is, when I looked at the rise of violent forms of religion, no single identity was prevalent. It's central to note that in Nigeria, that tree is rooted primarily in Christianity. It's not just Islamic militants in the Middle Belt.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The feminist women's organization NOW has endorsed Carol Moseley-Braun for president. Once again NOW has shown it is so far behind the times it should change its name to THEN.”
“On the return trip home, gazing through 240,000 miles of space toward the stars and the planet from which I had come, I suddenly experienced the universe as intelligent, loving, harmonious.”

Source : Edgar Mitchell (2009). “The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.454, ReadHowYouWant.com

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