"Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony."

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Jonah Goldberg

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“The music of the people is like a rare and lovely flower growing amidst encroaching weeds. Thousands pass it, while others trample it under foot, and thus the chances are that it will perish before it is seen by the one discriminating spirit who will prize it above all else. The fact that no one has as yet arisen to make the most of it does not prove that nothing is there.”
“The world is poor because her fortune is buried in the sky and all her treasure maps are of the earth.”

Source : Calvin Miller (2010). “The Singer Trilogy: The Mythic Retelling of the Story of the New Testament”, p.335, InterVarsity Press
“You wish they understood, as you do, that there is no escape and never was, that from the moment two cells combined to become one they were doomed. You wish they understood that there is joy in this fact, greater joy and love in just this one last moment than they experienced in the entirety of their lives. Because even in this last moment there is still Everything, whole galaxies and eons, the sum total of every experience across time, shrunk to the head of a pin, theirs for the asking, right here, right now. And so anything, anything, anything is possible.”
“Maybe I could do some indie film and get my kit off. I'd never say never.”

Source : "Konnie Huq: If I show my cleavage people make such a fuss". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 30, 2008.
“Getting Stronger - Each day upon entering the weight room you demonstrate a desire for excellence that makes you someone special. Special, because few people possess the dedication and strength of heart required to regularly work hard at something this difficult. Upon completion of each workout, you can and should feel proud, for you have just moved one step closer towards reaching your full potential and the ultimate goal of and being the best you can be.”
“It's hard to come to terms with the fact that you aren't going to be loved the way you want to be loved.”
“I will do my best, and I promise I will give this guy a fight, and I have to win this fight.”
“I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am.”

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