"Politics has slain its thousands, but religion has slain its tens of thousands."

-- Sean O'Casey

“Just just because there are flaws in aircraft design that doesn't mean flying carpets exist.”
“From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.”
“Well, I love tattoos and have been drawing them on my binders in school since I was little.”

Source : "Best Ink" Host and "American Idol" Alum Kimberly Caldwell Talks Tattoos (Q&A)". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 27, 2012.
“On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was free. I gorged myself until my tummy ached.”
“One of my favorite comics is Love and Rockets by the Hernandez Brothers. They do such a wonderful job of showing you how the character of Maggie ages and really doesn't present that with any kind of judgment.”

Source : "Paper Girls: Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang talk Volume 2". Interview With Nivea Serrao, ew.com. November 29, 2016.
“If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.”
“As soon as men live entirely in accord with the law of love natural to their hearts and now revealed to them, which excludes all resistance by violence, and therefore hold aloof from all participation in violence - as soon as this happens, not only will hundreds be unable to enslave millions, but not even millions will be able to enslave a single individual.”
“Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact their own incompetence as the rationale for giving them yet more power.”

Source : "I Was Finally Able". Talking Points Memo, talkingpointsmemo.com. January 17, 2006.

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