"In reading over the Constitutions of all fifty of our states, I discovered something which some of you may not know: there is in all fifty, without exception, an appeal or a prayer to the Almighty God of the universe. Through all fifty state Constitutions, without exception, there runs this same appeal and reference to God who is the Creator of our liberties and the preserver of our freedoms."

-- D. James Kennedy

#Running Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Reading Quotes

“The financial world is at the cutting edge of high technology.”
“When I was a TV director working on Judd Apatow's show Undeclared. I was surrounded by so many young people. People like Seth Rogen, who was 9 years old or something. It was just a ridiculous amount of talented young people. I started to think I'd like to see a young-love movie, but not one done in that glossy, Hollywood, high-concept manner we've become accustomed to. One that was, for lack of a better way of putting it, a little more ambiguous, '70s-style, where everyone was flawed, middle-class characters.”
“When you have God behind you, you can come out on top every time.”
“We are a blue planet and an ocean world.”
“Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don't try to give me that nerd argument that your heart is a 'Batman' with a limited-edition silver bat-erang and therefore if it stays in its original packing it increases in value.”
“Obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God.”
“My parents have a wonderful marriage, but they have been together since my mother was 12, married when they were just teenagers and are barely ever separated. They even work together. As a result, I have always thought of marriage as involving the loss of a certain amount of autonomy.”
“Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.”

Source : Richard Wagner (1897). “Religion and Art”, p.210, U of Nebraska Press

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