"If we are to preserve civilization, we must first remain civilized."

-- Louis St. Laurent

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“You can give up the need to compete in the world- when you accept being complete in Christ.”
“Life is a God-damned, stinking, treacherous game and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand are bastards.”

Source : Theodore Dreiser, T. D. Nostwich (1991). “Newspaper Days”, p.69, University of Pennsylvania Press
“Aim high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really matters is that he will love you, that he will respect you, that he will honor you, that he will be absolutely true to you, that he will give you the freedom of expression and let you fly in the development of your own talents. He is not going to be perfect, but if he is kind and thoughtful, if he knows how to work and earn a living, if he is honest and full of faith, the chances are you will not go wrong, that you will be immensely happy.”
“The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.”
“The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.”
“Paralysis seems to happen on the steepest slope of the survival arcâ€”where almost all hope is lost, when escape seems impossible, and when the situation is unfamiliar to the extreme.”
“We live in a culture in which condoms can be handed out in schools and Bibles can't. And I think that tells you everything you need to know about our society.”
“I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.”

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