"If believers feel that their faith is trivialized and their true selves compromised by a society that will not give religious imperatives special weight, their problem is not that secularists are antidemocratic but that democracy is antiabsolutist."

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Source : "Freedom from Religion". The Nation, February 19, 2001.

Ellen Willis

#Religious Quotes #Self Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I can hardly believe that I even know this, but I am aware that Noah Webster's original dictionary, apart from being the first truly American lexicography, was a kind of line in the sand. It claimed a very discrete, American form of the English language, explicitly to compare it to the English of our erstwhile colonial masters who had been operating under Dr. Johnson's dictionary rules for well over a century.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“I have asked students at the beginning of their careers, what things of that sort might haunt them â€“ what things they must photograph, things they have to try to shoot even before they master the intricacies of making dye transfer prints.”
“The attitude you bring to your giving will reflect the benefits you gain.”

Source : Azim Jamal, Harvey McKinnon (2008). “The Power of Giving: How Giving Back Enriches Us All”, p.21, Penguin
“I'm too competitive to get that big of a head.”
“We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us.”

Source : Mary Daly (1973). “Beyond God the Father: toward a philosophy of women's liberation”, Beacon Press (MA)
“Racism. It's ugly. Even in tubers.”
“I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.”
“I had a wonderful time with the Stones but after 31 years, I thought it was time to move on.”

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