"The nicest characters in A Week in December are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them."

-- Sebastian Faulks

#Religious Quotes #Character Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Alcoholism plus criminality plus whatever caused both in the first place form a combination that is very nearly happy-ending-proof.”
“To be whole is to be part; true voyage is return.”
“Never, ever point out that a woman is eating too much.”

Source : Jessica Zafra (1997). “Chicken pox for the soul”
“The greenhouse crisis is the bill coming due for the Industrial Revolution. It's not an accident. It's the logical outcome of our world view - the idea that we can control the forces of nature, that we can have short-term expedient gains without paying for them, that there are no limits to exploitation of the environment, that we can produce and consume faster than nature's ability to replenish.”
“Liberty has as many chains as an iron-monger's shop, and as rusty.”
“I don't want to have to say, Honey, you know, could you turn off the sports channel because I'm not a big sports fan, and I don't love the television being on just for the sake of turning on. I'd like turning on for some thing specific.”
“I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.”
“You cannot be responsible for Jim Crow. You can not be responsible for racism. This is much more a problem for the person exercising racism.You are confronted with the reality of racism when you go in the streets, when the eyes of others come upon you. [James] Baldwin goes back with you to all the experiences you went through and gives a name to them, and explains why it is like this.”

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