"Whatever else I might have thought of [President George W] Bush's call, with its assumption that prayer is some sort of miracle Vicks VapoRub for the national charley horse, it's clear that his hands were reaching for any hands but mine."

-- Natalie Angier

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“To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity.”
“If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.”
“You can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well.”
“Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.”
“Maybe something is wrong with me but I just think I'm normal. I'm not super-skinny but I'm not super-fat. But I don't really care about what other people say.”
“The imagination is a dream factory of which realities are a by-product.”
“I always thought I'd get farther. I'd like to blame the world for what I've failed to do, but the failure - the failure that sometimes washes over me as anger, makes me so angry I could spit - is all mine, in the end. What made my obstacles insurmountable, what consigned me to mediocrity, is me, just me. I thought for so long, forever, that I was strong enough -- or I misunderstood what strength was.”
“However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.”

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