"If religion is about truth, why is it so afraid of error?"

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Source : "Banned Books Week". "The Daily Dish", www.theatlantic.com. September 30, 2008.

Andrew Sullivan

“All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department.”
“European Union partners never said European Union partners're going to renege on any promises, European Union partners said that European Union partners promises concern a four-year parliamentary term, european Union partners will be spaced out in an optimal way, in a way that is in tune with our bargaining stance in Europe and also with the fiscal position of the Greek state.”
“All inquiries carry with them some element of risk.”
“I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough.”
“It's nice to just be a kid and hang out with your friends at lunch.”
“This wasn't the way he had expected his life to be. It worked, but that was about all. Happiness had got lost somewhere along the way.”

Source : John Ajvide Lindqvist (2010). “Harbour”, p.164, Hachette UK
“My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life.”

Source : "Stéphane Hessel fought injustice all his great life" by Agnès Poirier, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2013.
“Iâ€™ve been friends with all these people for so many years nowâ€¦. Iâ€™m so lucky to have Jennifer [Lawrence] and Josh [Hutcherson] and Woody [Harrelson] and all these other great people. Weâ€™ve created really strong bonds. Itâ€™s like high school because weâ€™ll mess around for half the day and then weâ€™ll do a little bit of work. Everyoneâ€™s goofing around and trying to mess each other up.”

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