"When the term Christian or even Protestant is used, it seldom refers to any particularly evangelical doctrine or way of life. More often it refers to a religion accepted by the large majority, which assures them that God is not so much a Lord who demands obedience as a handyman who is available whenever we need help."

-- John Howard

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“What hasty preparations we make for our future. Think of it: it seems almost tragic, the things we're sure we ought to bring along. We pack too heavy with what we hope we'll use, and too light of what we must. We thus go forth misladen, ill equipped for the dawn.”

Source : Chang-rae Lee (2014). “On Such a Full Sea: A Novel”, p.212, Penguin
“It isn't the Lord who withholds himself from us. It is we who withhold ourselves from him because of our failure to keep his commandments.”
“Philosophy is for the few.”
“The complex ways in which we produce and reproduce the world in technologically developed societies involves the ways in which we separate ourselves into public and private persons, producing and consuming persons and so on, and the ways in which we as people negotiate and cope with those divisions. Stars are about all that, and are one of the most significant ways we have for making sense of it all. That is why they matter to us, and why they are worth thinking about.”
“I just bared my soul to you and all I get is an â€˜okayâ€™?”
“This is true Hollywood glamour! I am taking personal jewels from a screen legend and creating a one-of-a-kind pair of shoes,which will be worn by a movie star of today.”
“Realism is important in foreign policy. You have to be realistic about what you can achieve, and about the pitfalls, and problems along the way, of which there are plenty. Nothing is easy. It's always rough.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“Why shouldnâ€™t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.”

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