"why, the only reason for religion is that it can make you, keep you safe. If religion weren't true, then there would be no salvation, no comfort for being alive and alone, there would be nothing but living and dying - no, that cannot be so ... of course religion is true and will save me ..."

-- Marghanita Laski

#Religion Quotes #Dying Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“I think actors who take things too far are funny.”

Source : "Q&A – Dean Norris (Hank Schrader)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. April 2009.
“I was promised on a time To have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.”

Source : 'Lines on his Pension'; attributed
“The storm center of lawlessness in every American State is the State Capitol. It is there that the worst crimes are committed; it is there that lawbreaking attains to the estate and dignity of a learned profession; it is there that contempt for the laws is engendered, fostered, and spread broadcast.”
“One strategy that the tea party smartly embraced was one of being almost entirely defensive. They consciously decided not to figure out which of their really abominable conservative policy priorities to prioritize. Instead, anything that came out of the Obama White House they were against. What they recognized is that when you've lost the White House and the House of Representatives and the Senate, you're not setting the agenda anymore. We progressives find ourselves in a similar situation now.”
“I have a philosophy that you've always got to honor the past, acknowledge the present and leave room in your space for the future... Talk to the person you are in love with that you're sharing with, understand what's important to them.”

Source : Interview with Hillary Sawchuk, adrinkwith.com. March 22, 2016.
“Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own.”
“Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature of reality - it simply reproduces reality. And what good is that when the things of real value in life are invisible?”
“It's very limiting to us as a species, the concept of better-than/less-than. It just seems to be at its end. I'm like, this all fades to black, and it's gone. It's dust. Choose carefully what you obsess about.”

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