"Saving the world was merely a hobby. My vocation has been that of inspector of desert water holes."

-- Edward Abbey

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“It's turned into a world of amateurs. There are amateur actors making millions of dollars, amateur cinematographers, amateur directors... Jesus, these amateur directors can get deals for anything. Another comic book? Oh, very good.”
“If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.”
“I feel claimed and bonded to him like animals do. I feel like I've already been caught and trapped and he's merely priming me, leaving me to simmer in my juices, anxiously waiting for the moment when he takes his first bite of me.”
“I will get my respect or I will die.”
“Yahweh demanded justice for the poor, compassion and equality for foreigners and refugees, systemic redress for poverty, structural mechanisms to protect the homeless and family-less from abuse and destitution, fair and equitable distribution of land, integrity in the judicial system, humility, simplicity and morality in the government (as opposed to wealth, women and weapons), etc. etc. If you want that kind of society, you need to be faithful to the living God.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“Ironically enough, if the case involves race, and one claims that race is a disqualifying factor, nobody could hear the case. Everybody comes to these cases with some preconceptions, and the premise of our judicial system is that judges by training and by ethical codes are obligated to set those prejudices aside and to decide on the facts and the law. And to claim that somebody can't simply because of their racial identity is deeply offensive.”

Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". Interview with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.
“Hope is a pocket of possibility. I'm holding it in my hand.”
“Each love is unique. Special. Giving to one never takes away from another.”

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