"History has shown us that it's not religion that's the problem, but any system of thought that insists that one group of people are inviolably in the right, whereas the others are in the wrong and must somehow be punished."

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Source : "The pronouncements of Rod Liddle" by Steve Busfield, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2010.

Rod Liddle

#People Quotes #Groups Quotes #Problem Quotes

“My object to venture the suggestion that an important application of phonetics to metrical problems lies in the study of phonetic word-structure.”

Source : Adelaide Crapsey (1918). “A Study in English Metrics”
“I love going to coffee shops and just sitting and listening.”
“I had no place in any coterie, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to learn. I wanted only to write better.”
“Youâ€™re a guardian angel now.â€.... Iâ€™m your guardian angel,â€ he said. â€œI get my very own guardian angel? What, exactly, is your job description?â€ â€œGuard your body.â€ His smile tipped higher. â€œI take my job seriously, which means Iâ€™m going to need to get acquainted with the subject matter on a personal level.”
“I can beat any two players in this tournament by myself. If I need any help, I'll let you know.”
“If you want a Khadija, you gotta be a Muhammed”
“When you grow up--and from the look of things, you have awhile--but you learn things never go back to normal simply because everyone's sorry. Sorry is ridiculous.”
“but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.”

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