"Christians have ... identified their opponents, whether Jews, pagans, or heretics, with forces of evil, and so with Satan... Nor have things improved since. The blood-soaked history of persecution, torture, murder, and destruction perpetrated in the name of religion is difficult to grasp, let alohne summarize, from the slaughter of Christians to the Crusades to the Inquisitiion to the Reformation to the European witchcraze to colonialization to today's bitter coflict in the Middle East."

-- Elaine Pagels

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“Henceforth the majesty of God revere;Fear Him, and you have nothing else to fear.”
“Boredom is what you fight. Constant, ever-present boredom. So you learn to look forward to small things. Sunlight glimpsed through a cloud, an extra piece of pie or candy, good thread to sew your blouse, a ribbon to wear in your hair.”
“When we acknowledge God's supreme role in our life and set our mind on Him, He enables us to be women of hope.”

Source : Elizabeth George (1998). “Loving God with All Your Mind”, Harvest House Pub
“Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money - especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that's why we lost.”

Source : "Yep, Eric Cantor Really Said All of These Things" by Austin Tedesco, www.boston.com. June 11, 2014.
“I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states.”
“As much as anything, the anglers will clue you in to the midge hatch. You will see them hunched over in concentration like herons. The better ones will be in as close as they can get to the dimpling trout. What you'll notice is the rythmic flicking of casts toward a porpoising trout and the lack of any other motions. The only exception will be the gentle tug that sets a very small hook attached to the leader by a very delicate tippet. The playing of the trout, if it is a good one, will be a cat-and-mouse sort of ecstacy.”
“I treat every time I walk on the stage like it's the performance of my life.”

Source : "Eric Benet Interview: New Album, Staying Authentic, Passion for R&B, Potential Project with Tamia". Youknowigotsoul.com Interview, youknowigotsoul.com. October 5, 2016.
“[On his ***** addiction:] I did it to myself. It wasn't society...it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.”

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