"Religion has been a powerful weapon in the hands of governments, in the hands of priests, in the hands of kings who have used it as a weapon to keep down the populace. It is a wonderful way of disciplining people and making them do what you want, to tell them that if they don't do what you want they will, for example, go to Hell."

-- Richard Dawkins

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“The thing that's been exciting about 'Superman' is to see how the character has developed through generations.”
“Life is nothing but a mirror of your consistent thoughts.”
“I always want to do music that inspires or influences another generation. You want what you create to live, be it sculpture or painting or music. Like Michelangelo, he said, â€œI know the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.”
“I fear that many of us rush about from day to day taking for granted the Holy Scriptures. We scramble to honor appointments with physicians, lawyers, and businessmen. Yet we think nothing of postponing interviews with Deity postponing scripture study. Little wonder we develop anemic souls and lose our direction in living. How much better it would be if we planned and held sacred fifteen or twenty minutes a day for reading the scriptures. Such interviews with Deity would help us recognize his voice and enable us to receive guidance in all of our affairs.”
“That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false. ... Rather, how much more admirable the painting must be considered, if having no relief at all, it appears to have as much as sculpture!”
“We venture to make the assertion that there is but one sin: IGNORANCE, and but one salvation: APPLIED KNOWLEDGE.”

Source : Max Heindel (2003). “The Rosicrucian Mysteries”, p.17, Lulu.com
“Express yourself, don't hurt yourself.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My daily surroundings feed my work, whether it's something I'm working on right now or it's something down the road.”

Source : "Origin Series: Mad Men And The Walking Dead actor Josh McDermitt". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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