"I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman will question it."

-- John Stuart Mill

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“England is a domestic country. Here the home is revered and the hearth sacred. The nation is represented by a family,--the Royal family,--and if that family is educated with a sense of responsibility and a sentiment of public duty, it is difficult to exaggerate the salutary influence it may exercise over a nation.”
“You kind of invite a little spooky, creepy vibe into your whole experience of making a movie.”
“If you want to do something and you have a goal, do it, don't wait, because your channel might change sometime soon - and quite unexpectedly.”

Source : Sean Swarner (2007). “Keep Climbing: How I Beat Cancer and Reached the Top of the World”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
“Feel no sadness because of evil thoughts: it only strengthens them.”
“His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.”
“God is erratic, sometimes vindictive, sometimes merciful. The people I was taught were heroes - Jacob or Moses or David - were ambivalent figures, or worse. But that messiness was joyful, and challenging. I loved having a Bible that I could argue with.”

Source : "Biblically Speaking". Online chat, www.slate.com. March 4, 2009.
“I had a dream that my dad passed away and that Jesus came into the room and he was basically knocking on my door, saying, 'Hey, you need to find out more about me.' So that Sunday morning I ended up going to church, and that's when I got saved.”
“People can bear anything.”

Source : Philip Slater (2016). “The Pursuit of Loneliness: America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal”, p.133, Beacon Press

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