"Forgiveness, which is the place that every story turns, the chance we give each other."

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Source : Beth Kephart (2007). “Undercover”, HarperTeen

Beth Kephart

#Giving Quotes #Stories Quotes #Chance Quotes

“So we didn't get the denominations and the separate congregations really till about into Civil War time. What's happened then, of course, is now that we've had well over 100 years of this history to establish separate cultures, different ways of worshipping, and different ways of understanding theology so that when people try to come together makes it very difficult. And then, of course, social networks, you know, how do we find a place to worship?”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“He who fears to venture as far as his heart urges and his reason permits, is a coward; he who ventures further than he intended to go, is a slave.”
“I don't see myself as the Hunk of the Month.”
“In order to change a color it is enough to change the color of its background.”
“What were we spending so much time doing if not getting to know each other?”
“We can either save the planet from catastrophic warming, or protect fossil fuel CEOs. Not both. Do the math(s)”
“Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.”
“A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.”

Source : Wyndham Lewis (1926). “The Art of Being Ruled”

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