"It must be an independent House, having a free action of its own, for it is only valuable as being a regulating body, calmly considering the legislation initiated by the popular branch, and preventing any hasty or ill considered legislation which may come from that body, but it will never set itself in opposition against the deliberate and understood wishes of the people."

-- John A. Macdonald

#Independent Quotes #People Quotes #House Quotes

“I love the Digital Era! I grew up in a time that started from cassette tapes.”
“Even when your body does nothing, sin can be active in your mind. When your soul inwardly repulses the evil one's attack by means of prayer, attention, remembrance of death, godly sorrow and mourning the body, too, takes its share of holiness, having acquired freedom from evil actions. This is what the Lord meant by saying that someone who cleans the outside of the cup has not cleansed it inside, but clean the inside and the whole cup will be clean”

Source : Saint Gregory Palamas, Christopher Veniamin, Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Essex, England) (2009). “The homilies”, Mount Thabor Pub
“I could hear rain still pouring from the gutters and a thin branch scraping against one of the windows; but the church seemed completely cut off from the restless day outside--just as I felt cut off from the church. I thought: I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”
“Is it common for people to become a pothead at 40? Asking for myself.”
“It simply comes down to this, Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying.”
“Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.”

Source : Edwin Louis Cole (1998). “Absolute Answers to Prodigal Problems”, Thomas Nelson Incorporated
“There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else.”
“Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 25, 2004.

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