"Whether you were Moslem, Christian, Druze, or Israeli, remember, God protect thee, that religious fanaticism for political goals or political fanaticism for religious purposes is the worst kind of fanaticism."

-- Ameen Rihani

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“That solo on "Lord, I'm Discouraged" in terms of notes it isn't anything like it, but in terms of aesthetic, it's direct rip-off from the "November Rain" solo. In fact, when I did it, I imagined myself walking out of a church, walking out onto a cliff and doing a guitar solo. Slash has always been one of my favorites because the guy uses a lot of melody in his solos.”
“Some things in life you just can't ride around”
“I happen to be a devout atheist. I don't believe in God. I still go to church -- I'm not a heathen. I go to an atheist church. We have crippled guys who stand up and testify that they were crippled, and they still are.”
“But I want first of all- in fact, as an end to these other desires- to be at peace with myself.”
“The desire to be loved is the last illusion. Give it up and you will be free.”

Source : Margaret Atwood (2012). “Selected Poems II: 1976 - 1986”, p.115, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The soul, in its power, is present in some way in the entire universe, because it apprehends substances which are not included in the body in which it lives, although they are related to it.”
“The underlying reason for convergence seems to be that all organisms are under constant scrutiny of natural selection and are also subject to the constraints of the physical and chemical factors that severely limit the action of all inhabitants of the biosphere. Put simply, convergence shows that in a real world not all things are possible.”

Source : "The Crucible of Creation". Book by Simon Conway Morris, 1998.
“If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective.”

Source : Ted Nugent (2001). “God, Guns & Rock'N'Roll”, p.55, Regnery Publishing

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