"Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community of believers."

-- Amy Waldman

#Religious Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Community Quotes

“There is no doubt that the Americans losses are very heavy because they are deployed across a wide area and among the people and because it is easy to procure weapons. All of which makes them easy and mouth watering targets for the believers.”
“If you would bring the magic out of your mind - the magic which will transform everything - you must believe.”
“FedDev Ontario's investment in the Glanworth Branch Library has enhanced this unique landmark into an accessible learning hub for local community members. When we improve facilities, we are strengthening our communities and building a prosperous southern Ontario.”
“If our bodies are sick, we seek to heal them. Â We do not give up. Â The same thing should be true of our marriages.”
“Every year, once a year, in Maryland, I go for a week and overnight camp with about 50 to 60 kids with muscular dystrophy, all ages, seven to 21. And it is really fun. I have some great friends there and wonderful counselors.”
“But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.”
“Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other.”
“Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions.”

Source : Iain Pears (2003). “Dream of Scipio”, p.218, Penguin

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