"The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak."

-- Augustus Hare

#Faith Quotes #Character Quotes #Shining Quotes

“I believe in conscientious capitalism; that's a kind of driving force with me.”
“The artist reserves the right to remove a blot on the landscape, to change positions of things, to suit his composition, providing only that he does not transgress the laws of probability.”
“I've always sort of admired and respected one's ability to be comfortable with other people's discomfort or, you know, their being comfortable making other people uncomfortable.”

Source : "Timothy Olyphant: 'Justified' In Laying Down The Law". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 28, 2011.
“People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.”

Source : Guy Debord, Ivan Chtcheglov, Asger Jorn, Raoul Vaneigem, Mustapha Khayati (2014). “Situationism: A Compendium”, p.102, Bread and Circuses Publishing
“It is quite clear from what has been said and written that, time after time after time, there has been a conspiracy between the Conservative Front Bench in this House and the inbuilt Conservative majority in the House of Lords to defeat legislation that has passed through the House of Commons...I warn the House of Lords of the consequences...it is our strong view that the House of Lords should recall that its role is not that of a wrecking chamber, but of a revising chamber. In recent weeks, it has been wrecking legislation passed by this House.”

Source : James Callaghan's speech on economic policy in the House of Commons, api.parliament.uk. November 9, 1976.
“Perhaps this is what it was all about. Leaning on God when life made no sense, as well as when the answers seem clear.”
“You don't see something until you have the right metaphor to perceive it.”
“Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. . . I just wish some of them were harder to figure out.”

Source : Martin Cruz Smith (2016). “Gypsy in Amber”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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