"When Bush says that Abu Ghraib was the work of a few, he forgot to mention that he was one of them."

-- Andrew Sullivan

#Abu Ghraib Quotes

“God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.”
“Bad deeds like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder.”

Source : J.R. Ward (2008). “The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide”, p.141, Penguin
“I do text a lot. Sometimes, at night, my thumbs hurt because I've texted so much, so I definitely text too much.”

Source : "Miranda Cosgrove Talks DESPICABLE ME 2, Returning to Animation, Why She Loves the Minions, and the End of ICARLY". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 1, 2013.
“You canâ€™t have what you want to have, without doing what you need to do.”
“It is frightfully hard to explain to Protestants that if you give Roman Catholics a good job and a good house, they will live like Protestants...they will refuse to have 18 children.... If you treat Roman Catholics with due consideration and kindness, they will live like Protestants in spite of the authoritative nature of their Church.”
“An older child, one who possesses a conscience, will be troubled with self-reproaches and feelings of shame for his naughtiness, even if he is not discovered. But our two-year-olds and our three-year- olds experience guilt feelings only when they feel or anticipate disapproval from the outside. In doing this, they have taken the first steps toward the goal of conscience, but there is a long way ahead before the policeman outside becomes the policeman inside.”
“Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.”
“How often have I rattled on with God and said nothing at all? Relying on clichÃ©s, throwaway phrases, and high language I'd never use in everyday conversation, I took prayer for granted and lost sight of the wondrous opportunity to draw close to God.”

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