"He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps."

-- Tom Stoppard

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“Religion is an idea, and, as an idea, it should be eligible for criticism, discussion, and yes, mockery. The only reason so many believers demand special exceptions be made for religious ideas is because they know full well that their ideas donâ€™t hold up well under scrutiny.”
“You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion.”
“The idea that America elected a black man to be its president forty years after it declined to allow Martin Luther King Jr. to stand on a balcony without getting shot still maintains its power to awe and inspire.”

Source : "Black Like Him: Obama's Narrow Path to Reelection" by Charles P. Pierse, www.esquire.com. July 23, 2015.
“Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.”
“I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.”
“ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.”
“Cannabis never killed anybody and it's use is widespread. You can"t stop it. The law defeats itself because all the efforts to stop drugs coming in only drives up the prices and then gangsters move in to push the drugs. If they legalised there wouldn't be gangsters and huge profits...The police are gradually decriminalising the possession of cannabis because they realise there's not much point prosecuting”
“I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying”

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