"In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism. It's time we did the same for homophobia."

-- William Sloane Coffin

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“I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act”
“In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different.”
“I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father.”
“It is possible, you know, to drift off to an unknown world and find happiness there. Maybe even more happiness than you've ever known before.”
“The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.”
“When one does something, one must go back to the ancients.”
“When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.”
“I'm a simple man, and I use simple materials.”

Source : In Mervyn Levy 'Paintings of L. S. Lowry' (1975) p. 11

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