"The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a lie, but criminally negligent. You lie to victims' families when you tell them they're going to receive closure if they participate in the process and witness the execution of a human being."

-- Steve Earle

#Lying Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Violence Quotes

“I try to shake it loose-but these ideas, they cling. It's like I'm shackled to them with an iron chain. They rattle along behind me, dragging against the ground, always reminding me of their presence.”
“Literature in the written sense represents the triumph of language over writing: the subversion of writing for purposes that have little or nothing to do with social and economic control.”
“The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.”
“To save the world is the simplest thing in the world. All one has to do is think.”

Source : Leonard Peikoff (1993). “Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand”, p.388, Penguin
“Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel.”

Source : Heidi Baker (2016). “Daily Insights to Birthing the Miraculous: 100 Devotions for Reflections and Prayer”, p.181, Charisma Media
“I followed the law. Before God, before the law, before the people of the state of Florida who elected me, I know that I followed the law.”
“Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad lasts for very very long.”
“If the business were a play, Act One is: Woohoo, bright and bushy-tailed. We're going to make something great! Act Two is: We're six months behind on back-end development. We're trying to raise venture capital. We're trying to figure out what furniture we should sell to make payroll.”

Source : "How We Did It: Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, Co-founders, Flickr". Interview with Stewart Butterfield, www.inc.com. December 1, 2006.

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