"The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion."

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Source : "Risky business" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2006.

Ulrich Beck

#Overcoming Quotes #Assumption Quotes #Secular Quotes

“Normal relations, never. We should never forget what has happened to the people in Cuba for forty years. All baseball cares about is getting players out of Cuba. It doesn't care about the suffering, just money. The Orioles shouldn't have gone to Cuba. This is a free county, but that's the way I feel.”
“Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.”
“How much blow can Charlie Sheen do? Enough to kill two and a half men.”

Source : "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen", www.imdb.com. 2011.
“Make lots of noise Kiss lots of boys Or kiss lots of girls If that's something you're into When the straight and narrow Gets a little too straight Roll up a joint (or don't) Just follow your arrow Wherever it points.”

Source : "Follow Your Arrow". Song by Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves, October 21, 2013.
“I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.”
“I'm not a singer, and I'm not a brilliant dancer.”
“Men aren't allowed to have self-esteem, because we're already supposed to have all the power.... But most men earn less than they want, barely the minimum wage. They're drones. They do stuff they don't want to do to support their families, and they're not sure why they do it. They don't know what they're doing half the time, and any time we stick up for ourselves, we're pigs because we don't know how to articulate our frustrations and joys.”
“Moreover, it thus follows that not a great deal of time was needed for the large animals of the three major parts of the world to become known to the people who spent time on the coasts of those regions.”

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