"As a member of the Mormon church, Romney is instructed to tithe 10 percent of his income. That's in keeping with most charitable giving: Religious institutions get about one-third of all contributions, according to 'The American' magazine."

-- John Podhoretz

#Religious Quotes #Giving Quotes #Church Quotes

“The poetic beauty of Davy's mind never seems to have left him. To that circumstance I would ascribe the distinguishing feature in his character, and in his discoveries,-a vivid imagination sketching out new tracts in regions unexplored, for the judgement to select those leading to the recesses of abstract truth.”
“A mermaid has not an immortal soul, nor can she obtain one unless she wins the love of a human being. On the power of another hangs her eternal destiny.”
“Like anyone else, I too have the potential for violence; I too have anger in me. However, I try to recall that anger is a destructive emotion. I remind myself that scientists now say that anger is bad for our health; it eats into our immune system. So, anger destroys our peace of mind and our physical health. We shouldnâ€™t welcome it or think of it as natural or as a friend.”
“I helped you because you're new, and because when there's two people in a cell then there's only a fifty percent chance they'll take you.”

Source : Alexander Gordon Smith (2010). “Escape from Furnace 1: Lockdown”, p.51, Faber & Faber
“It's cold out. It's even cold in Florida. So cold today that Katherine Harris put on a third layer of makeup.”
“When we are playing [games], we are stretching our emotional expressive ranges, loosening up our biochemical flow of information, getting unstuck, and healing our feelings.”
“From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted.”

Source : "Sadie Frost: 'Now I'm putting myself back into the arena'" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2012.
“I developed a nutty attitude where I'd think, If some guy really loves me he doesn't care if I'm fat. I'd come up with all these stupid reasons why it would be OK to be fat.”

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