"No country is so peaceful as the one that leads into death. Life arches above one's head like a bridgespan, and below it flows the water, carries the boat, takes it further."

-- Alfred Doblin

#Country Quotes #Water Quotes #Peaceful Quotes

“The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art.”
“I love Fidel Castro...I respect Fidel Castro. You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that motherfucker is still here.”

Source : "Gumbel: 'Whipping Up a Frenzy' Over Imagined Slights 'Is a Play Straight Out of a Far Right Handbook'" by Brent Baker, www.newsbusters.org. April 30, 2012.
“It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.”
“I have no problem today letting people know I'm part of what they live. That's why I know about the things that make people the ***** they are. They have no choice but to be part of it.”
“I`d like to curl up in a ball like Hillary [Clinton]said she would but she is out. And I think we all have to go do that. The fact of the matter is we don`t have the luxury of pulling back from this.”
“Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization”
“I never want to be told, "Hey, this is what you do best, and this is the only thing you're going to do." And there are other people that are put into that box. Or unable to navigate through all the different genres. Some people insist on being a tough guy even though it's not happening. People only want to see them in leading romantic roles. Yet they continue to try and force something that doesn't feel organic to people.”
“Believers often forget that most atheists used to be religious, that many non-believers used to think they had a personal relationship with their God and they used to 'feel' the power of prayer. They've since learned that it was all a farce, that their feelings were internal emotions and not some external force.”

Source : FaceBook post by David G. McAfee from Oct 27, 2012

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