"In contemporary American culture, the religions are more and more treated as just passing beliefs - almost as fads - rather than as the fundaments upon which the devout build their lives."

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Source : Stephen L. Carter (1993). “The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion”, Basic Books

Stephen L. Carter

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“Playing the guitar is like telling the truth - you never have to worry about repeating the same [lie] if you told the truth. You don't have to pretend, or cover up. If someone asks you again, you don't have to think about it or worry about it because there it is. It's you.”
“It's honest to admit you'll kill someone because you hate them.”
“In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did offended someone.”
“One of the many advantages of having a boyfriend who is half French is that his culinary repertoire extends beyond mac and cheese. Plus, thereâ€™s the kissing.”
“Since we're all rich with bitcoins ... we ought to put some of this unearned wealth to good use.”
“Been brainwashed since age 2 I only had imaginary friends And still do And they hate you”
“What we know is to what we do not know, as a grain of sand is to the beach.”
“Today, when you combine the web with the iPad, you have the most advanced medium for human thought and communication ever created.”

Source : "What Drives You? 10 Top Tech Mavericks tell us what drives them and why". ORIGIN Magazine Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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