"Given is the word. Given publicly, on the first Good Friday, on a hill, in the sight of all, was the visible demonstration of the only permanent way to overcome evil. Human nature demands something more enduring than the unquiet equilibrium of rival powers."

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Source : Muriel Lester (1947). “It So Happened”

Muriel Lester

#Friday Quotes #Sight Quotes #Evil Quotes

“When I said there was only one Judy Dench, I was, of course, referring to myself.”
“The Gun Control Act of 1968 was passed, not to control guns, but to control blacks.”

Source : Robert Sherrill (1973). “The Saturday night special: and other guns with which Americans won the West, protected bootleg franchises, slew wildlife, robbed countless banks, shot husbands purposely and by mistake, and killed presidents--together with the debate over continuing same”
“History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.”
“Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity exists only for tactical reasons. The establishment of a Palestinian state is a new tool to continue the fight against Israel and for Arab unity.”
“The way even movements change is stunning: Chinese communist capitalists? Evangelicals deciding to be nice to gay people?”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!”

Source : FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 19, 2011
“exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted. And while it is true that literature and history contain heroic, romantic, glorious, even triumphant episodes in an exileâ€™s life, these are no more than efforts meant to overcome the crippling sorrow of estrangement.”

Source : Edward W. Said (2013). “Reflections On Exile: And Other Literary And Cultural Essays”, p.212, Granta Books
“I'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough to do it right.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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