"Richard John Neuhaus, in his well-known book The Naked Public Square, tells us that in America, the public square has become openly hostile to religion."

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Source : Stephen L. Carter (1993). “The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion”, Basic Books

Stephen L. Carter

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“Presidents are not permitted to have personal feelings.”
“Life, if you live it right, keeps surprising you, and the thing that keeps surprising you the mostâ€¦is yourself”

Source : William Deresiewicz (2011). “A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter”, p.74, Penguin
“I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's minds.”

Source : Horton Foote (1989). “Cousins ; And, The Death of Papa: The Final Two Plays of The Orphans' Home Cycle”, p.19, Grove Press
“But as a philosopher said, one day after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, after all the scientific and technological achievements, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”

Source : "Transcript of Shriver's Acceptance Speech". www.nytimes.com. August 09, 1972.
“Alcoholic drinks, rightly used, are good for body and soul alike, but as a restorative of both there is nothing like brandy.”

Source : George Saintsbury (1963). “Notes on a cellar-book”
“For a while, it was something to try to push at people, playing old murder ballads and being upset about everything I was seeing around me. But now I feel a lot more at peace with it.”

Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.
“Every so often, you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer's room so that you have the ability to take a left turn.”
“Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.”

Source : "Quote Unquote : A Handbook of Quotations" by M. P. Singh, (p. 96), 2007.

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