"Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will go too far."

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Jonathan Ames

#Hurt Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“People do not start off stupid, they grow to be stupid.”
“Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak.”

Source : Ted Nugent, Shemane Nugent (2005). “Kill It & Grill It: A Guide To Preparing And Cooking Wild Game And Fish”, p.1, Regnery Publishing
“It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone.”
“Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity. Too absurd for belief, too impossible to convince, and too inconsistent for practice, it renders the heart torpid or produces only atheists or fanatics. As an engine of power, it serves the purpose of despotism, and as a means of wealth, the avarice of priests, but so far as respects the good of man in general it leads to nothing here or hereafter.”
“You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.”
“It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.”
“Now, said I aloud, My dear Father's Words are come to pass: God's Justice has overtaken me, and I have none to help or hear me: I rejected the Voice of Providence.”
“A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding.”

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