"I wasn't reading it [the Bible] as literature. I was reading it as literature, and as history, and as a moral guide, and as anthropology and law and culture."

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David Plotz

#Reading Quotes #Law Quotes #Culture Quotes

“The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do?”
“Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.”
“Trees are good for contemplation. Plato and Aristotle did their best thinking in the groves of olives and figs around Athens, and Buddha found enlightenment beneath a bo or peepul tree.”

Source : "Why woodlands are wonderful" by Colin Tudge, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2010.
“Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic.”
“Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.”
“In the mind of a woman for whom no place is home the thought of an end to all flight is unbearable.”
“Parents can't indulge our fears. We're supposed to make our kids feel safe, even if we don't feel safe ourselves.”

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“Anyone who says I would never hit a woman hasn't met my x girlfriend.”

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