"I think here is the irony of American history. We don't have an established church. When you have an established church nobody takes religion as seriously as we do here. We have a free market in religion. The religious groups are competing with each other."

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Source : "Life Is Getting More Difficult for Americans". Interview with Karen Andresen and Cordula Meyer, www.spiegel.de. October 30, 2008.

Eric Foner

#Religious Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Church Quotes

“The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.”
“Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature.”

Source : Stephen Crane (2016). “The Open Boat and Other Stories”, p.27, Lulu.com
“The Postal Service is a vitally important institution for the American people. It must be saved.”
“When people would ask me what I was doing, I'd be like, 'It's a horror film.' 'What is it about?' 'You'll just have to see it.' I really didn't want to explain it because it's really tough to explain without it just sounding really ridiculous.”
“Be present - and see what a difference it makes in your lives and in the world.”
“On a serious note, I stand by Obama on marriage equality! I believe ALL families deserve the same rights”

Source : Twitter post from May 09, 2012
“I've been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how much I missed meat. You know you don't realize how important meat is to you until you don't have it for long time.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I love using unique names, so I go to a baby names site on the Internet and use the unique names. Sometimes my names have meanings such as 'strong', 'fire', and Phoenix which means dark red and is Greek. It's fun to think of a name meaning and matching it with a name. Even Frances means Victory.”

Source : Source: romancing-the-book.com

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