"The Roman Christian mythology (and theology) discourages the vice of licentiousness, and so this is better than the heathen, but it encourages bigotry, hypocrisy, cant, and many another vice which the older Mother of Abominations kept clear from."

-- Theodore Parker

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“Being a mathematical genius doesn't do you any favors as far as having something to say in music. You see every style as equal, and you want complicated music to devour.”
“I think there need to be more female action heroines out there that are intelligent and not overly masculine and things like that so Id love to find - and real too. Not necessarily the superhero perfect archetype of what an action hero is represented as a lot of times. I would love to find that kind of action heroine role to play.”
“Are we asserting the easy dominion of our civilization over all times and all places, as signs that we casually absorb as a form of loot?”

Source : Martha Rosler (2004). “Decoys and Disruptions: Selected Writings, 1975-2001”, p.270, MIT Press
“All too often, schools resemble museums, reflecting the past rather than shaping the future”

Source : Max Tegmark (2014). “Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality”, p.509, Vintage
“What would the Russian Bear and the American Eagle do if they discovered our paradise? Our secrecy is our shield!”
“Tis best to build no castles in the air.”

Source : Fanny Burney, Stewart Cooke (2011). “The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney: Volume II: 1787”, p.293, Oxford University Press
“You may be leading, then you might be at the back of the pack trying to work your way up. It's just a constant reminder not to give up, and to know that God, in my mind, is really in control.”
“God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.”

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