"If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks."

-- T. S. Eliot

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“Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.”
“Obviously I don't really go to church any more - no time.”
“Becoming is the action that births our womanhood, rather than passive act of being born (an act none of us has a choice in). This short, powerful statement assured me that I have the freedom, in spite of and because of my birth, body, race, gender expectations, and economic resources, to define myself for myself and for others.”
“Just as it's painful to hear any woman talk about sexual assault, whether true or not, it's just as painful to watch my friend and mentor go through this.”

Source : "Malcolm-Jamal Warner on Bill Cosby: 'It's Painful to Watch My Mentor Go Through This'". Interview with Joe Lynch, www.billboard.com. January 21, 2015.
“The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction.”

Source : "Rep. Gowdy: Paper applications for ObamaCare are a 'facade'". www.foxnews.com. November 04, 2013.
“In the drawing room [of the Queen's palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid's foot between Venus's thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied "Madam, the painter was a fool, for he has placed the foot where the hand should be.”
“You live up - or down - to your expectations.”
“It's kind of spooky when you are caught talking to God everybody thinks you're nuts. They used to call you a prophet.”

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