"And I had by now become used to the idea of witchcraft, it seemed a reasonable thing, so many things are about, at night, in Africa."

-- Isak Dinesen

#Night Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Used Quotes

“I love doing the conventions and being an ambassador for 'Star Wars.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I think global coordination is tremendously important. I hope we can see this happening through the G20 and through coordination of regulatory regimes around the world. I guess those are the main features of this bill that are important.”
“Religions, of course, have their own demanding intellectual traditions, as Jesuits and Talmudic scholars might attest.... But, in its less rigorous, popular forms, religion is about as intellectually challenging as the average self-help book. (Like personal development literature, mass market books about spirituality and religion celebrate emotionalism and denigrate reason. They elevate the "truths" of myths and parables over empiricism.) In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.”
“Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They're sensitive”
“I no longer have time for unnecessary drama. I wasted so much time scared, self-conscious and insecure. Life is too short to stress the small things anymore.”
“Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.”
“Here, in the Land of Israel, we returned and built a nation. Here, in the Land of Israel, we established a State. The Land of the prophets, which bequeathed to the world the values of morality, law and justice, was after two thousand years, restored to its lawful owner - the members of the Jewish People, On its Land, we have built an exceptional national Home and State.”
“Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears and reads than most people know.”

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