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“What government supports, government controls. This is an ancient axiom repeatedly ratified by experience. . . . Indeed, as is well known, acceptance of tax aid has led to the secularization of many church-related colleges and universities.”
Source : Edd Doerr, Albert J. Menendez (1991). “Church schools & public money: the politics of parochiaid”
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“It's weird when people ask me, "Why are you so nice?" It's like, "Because that's just what you should do. You should be kind to people." It seems really basic, but it's amazing how many people forget that.”
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“Outside of love, no two things are more valued in another person than trust and loyalty.”
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“It's ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to remind us that atomic energy is extraordinarily dangerous.”
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“Any crusade requires optimism and the ambition to aim high”
Source : Paul Allen (2011). “Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft”, p.237, Penguin
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“More evil gets done in the name of righteousness than any other way.”
Source : Glen Cook (2008). “The Books of the South: Tales of the Black Company”, p.311, Macmillan
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“I find it almost comforting to count calories, because it makes me conscious of what I'm eating. But on Super Bowl Sunday, I thought, 'Surrender to it. It's nacho time.' Then I ate nothing but Doritos all day.”
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“Girl with the burning golden eyes, And red-bird song, and snowy throat: I bring you gold and silver moons, And diamond stars, and mists that float. I bring you moons and snowy clouds, I bring you prarie skies to-night To feebly praise your golden eyes And red-bird song, and throat so white. ~Vachel Lindsay "To Gloriana" God wrote His loveliest poem on the day He made the first silver poplar tree, And set it high upon a pale-gold hill For all the new enchanted earth to see.”
