"I've always been amazed at the vastness of America itself and what it does and how it does it. I'm interested in the mechanics of what makes this country happen, the power structures, the natural splendor."

-- Michael Light

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“If I had to choose between the two ways of approaching the deity, I should prefer the existential relational way, to the abstract philosophical way. I think it is truer, or in any case, less misleading, to say that God is an old Jew with a white beard whom I love, than to say that God is the ground of being and meaning, or to say that God is a name denoting the ultimate mystery. I prefer the bold primitive colors of the Biblical way of describing God.”
“Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.”

Source : James Weldon Johnson (2011). “The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson”, p.174, Modern Library
“It's not my goal to be a famous actor”
“Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.”
“When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you can not deny truth no matter how shabbily it is dressed.”
“I'm really not an angry vegan, but human beings are ***** rude.”
“Reality is observer-determined - it's a spatio-temporal process, which fortunately means that things must change.”

Source : "What Is Death?" by Robert Lanza, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 25, 2011.
“If you just get out of your own way... It is amazing what will come to you.”

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