"God's Word teaches a very hard, disturbing truth. Those who neglect the poor and the oppressed are really not God's people at all—no matter how frequently they practice their religious rituals nor how orthodox are their creeds and confessions."

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Source : Ronald J. Sider (2005). “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity”, p.58, Thomas Nelson Inc

Ronald J. Sider

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“Much has happened since last we met, Bartimaeus," he went on. "Do you remember how we parted?" "No." I did. "You set light to me, old friend. Struck a match and left me burning in a copse." The crow shifted uneasily beneath the cleaver."That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland...”

Source : Jonathan Stroud (2005). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate”, Disney-Hyperion
“Radio was supposed to die in 1945, when TV came along. It turns out that radio grew and grew, and it's a bigger business today than it has ever been.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“There will be beautiful times and tough times, as such is life, but if your heart is in it, then it is worth it all the way.”
“I think people know that I've got a good heart.”
“The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyong reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see.”

Source : Edward Abbey (1988). “Desert Solitaire”, p.147, University of Arizona Press
“When Shonda Rhimes writes her autobiography, it should be called How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman.”

Source : "Shonda Rhimes strikes back against 'angry black woman' label" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. September 19, 2014.
“I'm a big romantic, traditional, cheesy guy.”
“I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal - by dialect and tone, content and circumstance - about the quality of the character.”

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