"In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no excuse. Yet we go on skating around this issue, speaking of religion in the fashionable language of 'respect.' What is there to respect in any of this, or in any of the crimes now being committed almost daily around the world in religion's dreaded name?"

-- Salman Rushdie

#Blood Quotes #Names Quotes #Issues Quotes

“People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.”
“We are out in the middle of nowhere, as we can see - as you can plainly see.”

Source : "'Tranquility' Is A Way Station On Iowa's Campaign Trail". "Fresh Air" with David Greene, kunr.org. December 24, 2015.
“I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony; but chaos, hostility and murder.”

Source : "Grizzly Man", 2006.
“There are many different types of prioritites in Motor Racing, the first...being how much you are willing to sacrifice in order to get to where you want to go.”
“I'm so blessed to be able to work with some of the best writers out there, and it's kind of like college with me sitting in a room with some of the best of the best and really taking it in and learning from them, but then also taking time to sit and tell them my stories - it's one of the biggest blessings that could have ever happened.”

Source : "Jamie Lynn Spears Is All Grown Up and Taking the Country Music Scene by Storm". Interview with Kelsie Gibson, www.popsugar.com. June 23, 2016.
“Islam has some of the best defenses against other god viruses and has the potential to be more parasitically aggressive when consolidating political power with a society.”
“Newt correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and at least distinguish the landmarks on either side and know where it wants go. We have a chance to lead it there.”
“[Clover] secretly hitched a ride with a nice German couple and their new baby...Clover appeared to the baby, so as to be a delightful, soothing surprise. Well, the child did like Clover. In fact, she held him and cooed. When the parents turned around to look at her and saw their child holding a furry, living creature, they needlessly panicked.”

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