"I saw in States' rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope, not as the destruction but as the redemption of Democracy.... Therefore I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our liberty, our progress, and our civilization, and I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo."

-- Lord Acton

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“Unconditional Love is our birthright, not judgment or condemnation, and there's nothing we need to do to earn it. This is simply who and what we are.”
“Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby.”
“Why is everything that is bad for me feel so good?”
“Who shot him? I asked. The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.”

Source : Dashiell Hammett (2007). “Vintage Hammett”, p.75, Vintage
“I just think the idea of moving away from the body and discovering sensuality by skimming the body, not tightening the body, seems rather new to me. Especially in this world where we're living right now, where the idea of giving freedom to women, especially in politics what's happening, it seemed so appealing to me, so that was the starting point.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.”
“It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't.”
“People turned around and came back to watch. An enormous crowd formed. Ampol Oil took films. When we left Australia, we also left our boards for the Aussies. Those films were shown all over the country to different clubs. The films and our boards became the basis for the modern surfboard movement in Australia.”

Source : Greg Noll, Andrea Gabbard (1989). “Da Bull: Life Over the Edge”, p.71, North Atlantic Books

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