"I didn't mind giving up carnality, jewelry and red meat in return for comradeship and an afterlife."

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Source : J.J. MARRIC; MARGARET MILLAR; BILL KNOX (1977). “GIDEON'S DRIVE; ASK FOR ME TOMORROW; HELLSPOUT”

Margaret Millar

#Giving Up Quotes #Afterlife Quotes #Mind Quotes

“There is nothing sacred or untouchable except the freedom to think. Without criticism, that is to say, without rigor and experimentation, there is no science, without criticism there is no art or literature. I would also say that without criticism there is no healthy society.”
“Hearing alone is less effective in learning God's truth than hearing combined with reading.”
“Learn the ABC of science before you try to ascend to its summit.”

Source : Bequest to the Academic Youth of Soviet Russia, 1936.
“The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model”
“When men do not run they are likely to die prematurely from dysfunction of the heart and vascular systems or from disabling chronic disease.”

Source : Paul Shepard (1973). “The tender carnivore and the sacred game”
“It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumor in the imagination.”
“I was just ready to make a movie for the girls. It was just really fun to write for a girl. It was really indulgent and sweet. The whole movie feels indulgent, doesn't it? It's such a romp in England.”

Source : "Interview: Jerusha Hess and J.J. Feild of 'Austenland'". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. August 22, 2013.
“How can we be isolating ourselves when it's 16 to 3 in NATO for what we want to do?”

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