"At GQ, there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want."

-- John Jeremiah Sullivan

#Temptation Quotes #Want Quotes #Might Quotes

“In an ever changing world, you never learn it all, even if you keep growing into your 90s.”
“It is not hard to change when your biggest problem is whether the weeds prosper in a vegetable patch.”
“The precise statement of any problem is the most important step in its solution.”
“When a thing bores you, do not do it.”
“Christ is the door that opens into God's presence and lets the soul into His very bosom, faith is the key that unlocks the door; but the Spirit is He that makes this key.”
“He should be the one to die, part of me thinks. I don't want to lose him, another part argues. I don't know which part to believe.”
“Each such answer to the great question, invariably asserted by the followers of its propounder, if not by himself, to be complete and final, remains in high authority and esteem, it may be for one century, or it may be for twenty: but, as invariably, Time proves each reply to have been a mere approximation to the truth tolerable chiefly on account of the ignorance of those by whom it was accepted, and wholly intolerable when tested by the larger knowledge of their successors.”
“In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives - the United States government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qa'ida terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drones.”

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