"Our opponents say more children are living in poverty than when we came into office. And that's probably right."

-- John Key

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“The phenomenological world is not the bringing to explicit expression of a pre-existing being, but the laying down of being. Philosophy is not the reflection of a pre-existing truth, but, like art, the act of bringing truth into being.”

Source : Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1962). “Phenomenology of Perception”, p.19, Psychology Press
“Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die.”
“When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in full but in part... Then women were baptized for men and men for women, & c.”
“To watch people push themselves further than they think they can, it's a beautiful thing. It's really human.”
“Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency.”
“As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There's a select few that will never like me. They don't like what I stand for. They don't like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They're going to be negative no matter what.”
“In your personal morality code, make it the most serious kind of sin to tell a lie to yourself. Allow nothing to be as sacred as your own word. Make this one change in your life, and your whole life will change.”

Source : Hernacki, Mike “The Forgotten Secret to Phenomenal Success”, Pelican Publishing
“I could dispense with life sooner than with your love.”

Source : Juliette Drouet (1914). “The love letters of Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo”

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