"Listen: if I am a painter and I do your portrait, have I or haven't I the right to paint you as I want?"

-- Oriana Fallaci

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“As Christ was born of the Virgin's womb, so must He be spiritually formed in our hearts. As He died for sin, so must we die to sin. And as He rose again from the dead, so must we also rise to a divine life.”

Source : George Whitefield (1832). “Sermons”, p.582
“Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.”
“The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.”

Source : Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”
“I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines”
“I'm not hiding from anyone. I am who I am, and I'm not perfect.”

Source : "Interview: Justin Bieber Talks About His Top 5 Rappers, Selena Gomez, and Growing Up In The Game". Interview with Joe la Puma, www.complex.com. March 30, 2012.
“Ideas grow quickly when watered with the blood of martyrs.”
“The great reformers of the world turn into the great misanthropists, if circumstances or organization do not permit them to act.”
“I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.”

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