"The cross is almost a distraction and false advertisement for God."

-- Brian D. McLaren

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“Star Trek' is the McDonald's of science fiction; it's fast food storytelling. Every problem is like every other problem. They all get solved in an hour. Nobody ever gets hurt, and nobody needs to care. You give up an hour of your time, and you don't really have to get involved. It's all plastic.”
“There are lots of good directors I would like to work with; I want to be inspired and challenged by them.”
“Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'”
“A party with one idea; but that is a noble idea ... the idea of equality - the equality of all men before human tribunals and human laws.”
“I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was the story of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. I wonder how much my generation knows.”
“But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer...”
“You and your scars. Please! You don't kill youself like this!" I gesture, holding a wrist turned up to the ceiling, then pretending to cut across it with my other hand. "That's just a cry for help. That's just attention. Everbody knows that. Cutting across just gets you to the hospital. That's just from movies and TV shows and stuff like that. You didn't really try to kill yourself. you just wanted attention, but you screwed up. Try harder next time.”
“Why bear malice? Just let it go. So what of pride? It will swallow you whole.”

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