"'Christian' used to be a throwaway word. People didn't used to use it much. People didn't start self-labeling or getting labeled Christian until the last part of the 20th century. Before that, you might identify as a Baptist, or a Southern Baptist or a Methodist. But there wasn't one identifier that put you in a fold with all the other believers."

-- Penn Jillette

#Christian Quotes #Self Quotes #People Quotes

“How could you cleanse yourself if you couldnâ€™t forget?”
“An empty canvas is a living wonder â€” far lovelier than certain pictures.”
“I got on stage for the first time when I was seven. From seven until I was about nine it was probably more to do with just being on stage and having the attention.”
“A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.”
“I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to say Em-a-yat-zee.”
“Are you any relation to your brother Marv?”
“When I watch a movie, I don't make a sound or move. The more I'm into the movie, the more bored I look.”
“The areas in which I teach are working-class history and African-American Studies and at its best the critical study of whiteness often grows out of those areas. The critical examination of whiteness, academic and not, simply involves the effort to break through the illusion that whiteness is natural, biological, normal, and not crying out for explanation.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

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