Quotes
Authors
Matthew Yglesias

"A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws. In this case, the drawback is a straightforward consequence of America's approach to firearms. A well-armed citizenry required an even-better-armed constabulary. Widespread gun ownership creates a systematic climate of fear on the part of the police. The result is a quantity of police shootings that, regardless of the facts of any particular case, is just staggeringly high. Young black men, in particular, are paying the price for America's gun culture."

-- Matthew Yglesias

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“We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.”

Source : Shane Claiborne, Tony Campolo (2012). “Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said?”, p.185, Thomas Nelson Inc
“TV was my life, growing up. I ran home from school to watch television, and even did my homework with the TV on - my mom had a rule that as long as my grades didn't fall, I was allowed to. So it was my dream to work in television.”
“If my work is pornography, so what? I don't have any moral compunction about pornography. Any feelings I have about it are purely stylistic... I don't see why it should be excluded as a serious subject.”
“Student loans are destroying the imagination of youth. If thereâ€™s a way of a society committing mass suicide, what better way than to take all the youngest, most energetic, creative, joyous people in your society and saddle them with, like $50,000 of debt so they have to be slaves? There goes your music. There goes your culture. There goes everything new that would pop out. And in a way, this is whatâ€™s happened to our society. Weâ€™re a society that has lost any ability to incorporate the interesting, creative and eccentric people.”
“The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.”
“Memphisâ€”itâ€™s just a bird. Birds fly around, brother. Itâ€™s what they do. Itâ€™s not following you, and itâ€™s not a sign. Unless you really did give it candy and flowers, in which case you are one strange brother.”
“Unlicensed illegal immigrants drive on our roads and interstates without insurance, and there is little that our law enforcement officials can do to stop them.”
“The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.”

Source : Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Concerning the Spiritual in Art”, p.68, Sheba Blake Publishing

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