"The contemporary hero, the mythical pattern in the imitation of whom we would live, remains as yet undefined. We have no hero; what is more to the point, we suspect hero worship."

-- Irwin Edman

#Hero Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Worship Quotes

“You donâ€™t have to want to be in a relationship for a little bow-chicka-bow-wow.â€ Brittany looked at him slowly. â€œDid you really just say that?â€ â€œI did. And I owned it . Gonna make me a shirt that says that.”
“The trusts and combinations - the communism of pelf - whose machinations have prevented us from reaching the success we deserved, should not be forgotten nor forgiven.”
“I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people.”
“Oh, what peril attaches to sin willfully committed! For it is so difficult for man to bring himself to penance, and without penitence guilt remains and will ever remain, so long as man retains unchanged the will to sin, or is intent upon committing it.”

Source : Don Cattaneo Marabotto, St. Catherine of Genoa (2015). “The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa”, p.208, TAN Books
“Anyone can devise a plan by which good people may go to Heaven. Only God can devise a plan whereby sinners, who are His enemies, can go to Heaven.”
“Waste is only waste if we waste it.”
“Well, the United States has said that the disarmament of Iraq is the top priority, but we have also noted that there are many other United Nations Security Council Resolutions which are on the books, including the necessity to respect the human rights of all the citizens of Iraq that we're very interested in.”
“The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying.”

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