"I am thankful that the church exists, thankful that it has done such great things, giving us laws, for instance - 'thou shalt' and 'thou shalt not', and established Goodness and Evil. That's what all religions do, and as soon as we try to replace them, worldly religions like fascism and communism take over."

-- Gerhard Richter

#Law Quotes #Evil Quotes #Giving Quotes

“She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose.”
“A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit to so many humiliations that he becomes indistinguishable from a streetwalker.”

Source : "LIFE" Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 6, (p. 48), August 5, 1946.
“Let all Black Poets die as trumpets, And be buried in the dust of marching feet.”

Source : Etheridge Knight (1986). “The Essential Etheridge Knight”, p.55, University of Pittsburgh Press
“Finding myself a nice and likeable character is a complete change.”
“I remembered Nahadoth's lips on my throat and fought to suppress a shudder, only half succeeding. Death as a consequence of lying with a god wasn't something I had considered, but it did not surprise me. A mortal man's strength had its limits. He spent himself and slept. He could be a good lover, but even his best skills were only guesswork - for every caress that sent a woman's head into the clouds, he might try ten that brought her back to earth.”
“The something inside me that always fought to win, that never gave into the pain and that accepted no less than 110 percent has never been gone because that something was simply me.”
“I was a relationship retard. I kicked, shoved, and punched people out of my life, so they never had a chance to hurt me.”
“Country music fans are the best everywhere and they've always made me feel like I'm at home, no matter what zip code I'm in. I just want to thank them from the bottom of my heart for blessing me with such an incredible career that I truly enjoy.”

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