"A large section of the idling classes of England get their incomes by believing that Jesus was born of a virgin and that Jonah swallowed a whale; and with the progress of science they were naturally finding this more and more difficult. A school of ingenious Bible-twisters arose, to invent symbolical and literary meanings for fairy tales, in order that people who no longer believed could continue with good conscience to collect the salaries of belief."

-- Upton Sinclair

#Jesus Quotes #Believe Quotes #School Quotes

“I really like those days when I can just wear sweatpants, to be honest. And when I'm actually going to go somewhere, I like to be comfortable and casual. If I'm doing something a little more fashion, going a little bit further. It's about expressing yourself and being comfortable and wearing what you like.”

Source : "Leighton Meester on Going Country, What She Learned From Gwyneth, and Her Surprising Love of Sweatpants". Interview with Lindsay Miller, www.popsugar.com. January 5, 2011.
“My family still lives over there [ in South Africa] .I miss them terribly. I would say that most of my life over there was probably very similar to the sort of life someone would experience growing up somewhere like Australia or in the US.”
“Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.”

Source : Bhante Gunaratana, Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.34, Simon and Schuster
“My favorite part of running is the thinking time.”
“Even babies like to grab for things just beyond their reach.”
“It may sound clichÃ©, but it really was an honor to be nominated. As an actor, nothing is guaranteed.”
“Exchange the words 'have to' with 'get to.' Exchange the word 'can't' with 'unwilling.”
“There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture.”

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