"When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that women were by nature in inferior to men, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that it was okay to hate other religions, and especially the Jews, and the Bible was quoted to prove it."

-- John Shelby Spong

#Hate Quotes #Men Quotes #Taught Quotes

“So if the euro, if Euroland is to become a reserve center, if the euro is to become a reserve currency, Euroland will have to have a deficit in its overall balance of payments.”
“The movies are one of the bad habits that corrupted our century.Of their many sins, I offer as the worst their effect on the intellectual side of the nation. It is chiefly from that viewpoint I write of them - as an eruption of trash that has lamed the American mind and retarded Americans from becoming a cultured people.”
“Today is Valentine's Day - or, as men like to call it, Extortion Day!”
“You don't discipline yourself to attain the feeling of love. You attain the feeling of love and then you want to discipline yourself because you love the discipline, because it brings more love.”
“Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in the rain to hear me sing, I can stand in the rain.”
“You'll know if he loves you by how long he's willing to fight.”

Source : Michelle Moran (2011). “The Egyptian Royals Collection: Three Historical Novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti, The Heretic Queen, and Cleopatra's Daughter”, p.662, Broadway Books
“The reality is that if you always do what you've always done, you'll always be where you've always been.”
“I am a butterfly drunk with life. I don't know where to soar, but I won't allow life to clip my beautiful wings.”

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