"Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion."

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William Ernest Henley

#Men Quotes #Mind Quotes #Common Quotes

“Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.”
“...while God has done his part in creating a world capable of providing what we need, we have not done our part in the stewardship of it, in seeing that it gets to the end of the line, to the poorest and neediest--the children.”

Source : Wess Stafford (2010). “Too Small to Ignore: Why the Least of These Matters Most”, p.3, WaterBrook
“After all, a creature without passionate conviction doesn't cling to extremes. He surveys the scenery and makes sure his outfit doesn't clash.”
“Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they can't marry in your city.”
“As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.”
“There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.”

Source : Tove Jansson (2014). “Moominvalley in November”, p.6, Macmillan
“Undocumented people have been targeted for years now. Even under the Obama administration, there was a really large number of deportations of undocumented people. Trump has just taken that policy and ratcheted it up several notches. He's made it much more intense. We've had situations where people who would have been covered by the Obama administration, people who had been promised a path toward legal residency, had that taken away. I did not imagine that. I could never have imagined that happening.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“If you are serving justice to one person, those who have been affected should also be served some form of justice.”

Source : "Peace activist Leymah Gbowee". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 5, 2011.

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