"Christ said "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" and when asked "who is thy neighbour? went on to the parable of the Good Samaritan. If you wish to understand this parable as it was understood by his hearers, you should substitute "Germans and Japanese" for Samaritan. I fear my modern day Christians would resent such a substitution, because it would compel them to realize how far they have departed from the teachings of the founder of their religion."

-- Bertrand Russell

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“I do wish that I had gone to college, just for the simple fact that knowing more than one approach makes you more well-rounded. But I still can't say knowing what I know now, that I would have done it any differently.”

Source : "Meagan Good: The Unborn Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. January 20, 2009.
“Yet so often it seems that victory eludes us. It is when our self-confidence is finally destroyed and is replaced with dependence upon God that we have victory.”
“And what would happen to my illusion that I am a force for order in the home if I wasn't married to the only man north of the Tiber who is even untidier than I am?”
“Just when you think you can't go on, somewhere a little light comes on.”

Source : Sophie Flack (2012). “Bunheads”, p.133, Hachette UK
“In poetry I can let the language go, allow an image that seems out of place to enter and see what happens, always listening to the music that's being created, just like the world around us, never predictable, always shifting and intertwining, reflecting and echoing itself.”

Source : "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.
“The confidence that we Indians are suddenly infused with while doing something wrong is absolutely commendable.”
“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
“I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition”

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