"Idols aren't stone statues. They are thoughts, desires, and longings that we worship in the place of the true God"

-- Elyse Fitzpatrick

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“Fat is a barrier, a bellicose statement to others that, to some, justifies hostility in kind. The world says to the fat person, "Your fatness is an affront to me, so we have the right to treat you as offensively as you appear." Fat is not merely viewed as another type of tissue, but as a diagnostic sign, a personal statement, and a measure of personality. Too little fat and we see you as being antisocial, fearful and sexless. Too much fat and we see you as slothful, stupid, and sexually hung up.”
“How would you describe the worst run you ever had? Precious!”
“The cool thing about being best friends is that you can make big plans even if there's only a slim chance in hell that they'll ever happen.”
“Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.”
“I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.”
“You could not claim for yourself that which you were not prepared to grant others.”

Source : "A Treasury of Quotations", Lennox-Short and Lee, Donker, (p. 203), 1991.
“I will never have a heart attack. I give them.”
“Amnesty, that noble word, the genuine dictate of wisdom.”

Source : Demosthenes, Aeschines, Dinarchus (1836). “The Orations of Demosthenes”, p.159

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