"Poverty is not an act of God. It is the result of flawed policy, and that is a moral challenge."

-- Paul Simon

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“All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.”
“You know, if your parents didn't have you, they'd be living in a nicer home, driving a Mercedes-Benz, with money in the bank and a boat. But noooooo. They had to have you! You've got to give back!”
“You have to love writing a song and architecture. You have to give it a form. It is my job to create a sonic landscape. I like to create ambiance and atmosphere. The writing is the intimate part of it. It is a sketch. The production is the whole painting.”
“If your divines are not philosophers, your philosophy will neither be divine, nor able to divine.”

Source : Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare, Edward Hayes Plumptre (1871). “Guesses at Truth”, p.502
“I've really carelessly gotten out of relationships that were incredibly destructive instead of being honest.”
“Minimization is what happens when we take the "world is flat" idea too far...and act as if people everywhere are the same (and thereby minimizing the differences).”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.”
“Although I never lack the presence and plain image of my own wretched infirmity, yet seeing sin so manifestly abounds in all estates, I am compelled to thunder out the threatenings of God against the obstinate rebels.”

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