"The Catholic church, once all her assets have been put together, is the most formidable stockbroker in the world. The Vatican, independently of each successive pope, has been increasingly orientated towards the U.S. The Wall Street Journal said that the Vatican's financial deals in the U.S. alone were so big that very often it sold or bought gold in lots of a million or more dollars at one time."

-- Avro Manhattan

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“How do I speak Spanish? Not too well. Paz taught me a few words that, if people weren't nice to me, I could tell them a few things. I got to study with [chef] Thomas Keller, who we all love as a guy and Jim had a relationship with him at [his restaurant] the French Laundry.”
“People hide the truth because they're afraid.”
“I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.”

Source : "Rock For The Rising Sun". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2013.
“Holiness is not freedom from temptation, but power to overcome temptation.”
“Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences.”
“We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction.”

Source : "House Divided: Kucinich Delegates Block Kerry From Receiving Unanimous Nomination". "Democracy now" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. July 29, 2004.
“Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.”
“â€¦ It is not healing to see your childhood home, but it helps you measure whether you are broken, and how and why, assuming you want to know.”

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