"One thing, however, I know with certainty: violence, or the direct threat of violence, of the kind we have seen in the past few days, is totally unjustified as a response to any published word or image."

-- Timothy Garton Ash

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“For peace to take hold, one person must first stop fighting.”
“Most of the verses written about praise in Godâ€™s Word were voiced by people who were faced with crushing heartaches, injustice, treachery, slander, and scores of other difficult situations.”
“Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.”
“There are songs I really enjoy playing. I like playing "Say It" live because it's a long jam, kind of like shoegaze, so I do enjoy that.”
“If someone has a boy who gets to age 18 without something [a bone] being fractured, that kid has been overly controlled.”
“Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.”

Source : “Readers recommend: best brass songs” by Peter Kimpton, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2014.
“I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was shelving books at a branch of the Chicago Public Library.) Libraries are a pillar of any society. I believe our lack of attention to funding and caring for them properly in the United States has a direct bearing on problems of literacy, productivity, and our inability to compete in today's world. Libraries are everyman's free university.”
“In my own experience, I have been amazed to see how unrealistic are the bases for political opinion in general. Only rarely have I found a person who has chosen any particular political party - democratic or totalitarian - through study and comparison of principles.”

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