"Jesus , in some respects, was an anarchist, for he had no idea of civil government . That government seems to him purely and simply an abuse. A great social revolution, in which rank will be overturned, in which all authority in this world will be humiliated, was his dream ."

-- Ernest Renan

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“Great editors do not discover nor produce great authors; great authors create and produce great publishers.”
“I think that people have some sort of vision that everybody is moving towards perfection, and that there is some sort of set steps or something like that that you can move through to get to that place, and that that's sort of the project of being alive.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The experience of oppressed people is that the living of oneâ€™s life is confined and shaped by forces and barriers which are not accidental or occasional and hence avoidable, but are systematically related to each other in such a way as to catch one between and among them and restrict or penalize motion in any direction. It is the experience of being caged in: all avenues, in every direction, are blocked or booby trapped.”

Source : Marilyn Frye (1983). “The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory”, Crossing Press, Incorporated
“Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters.”
“Good is always a good thing.”
“Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan.”
“Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.”

Source : 'Mr Facey Romford's Hounds' (1865) ch. 32.
“The bolder and more courageous you are, the more you will learn about yourself.”

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