"Categorical condemnation is the hatred of the mob. It makes cowards brave. And there is nothing more fearful than a religious mob, a mob overflowing with righteousness â€“ as at the crucifixion and before and since. This can happen only after we have made a categorical refusal to kindness: to heretics, foreigners, enemies or any other group different from ourselves."

-- Wendell Berry

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“If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.”
“You know, my main goal in life is trying not to end up in a straightjacket.”
“You've learned the lessons well. You first learned to live on less than you earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who are competent. Lastly, you've learned to make gold work for you.”
“I grew my beard out a little bit just to show that, indeed, I am a man.”

Source : "Johnny Weir Fires Back At Critics", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 28, 2010.
“When I tap, it means I've accepted the technique, learned the lesson and look to apply the experience next time I step on the mat. I never give up.”
“We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet.”
“Government should enforce rule of law. It should enforce contracts, it should protect people bodily from being attacked by criminals. And when the government does those things, it is facilitating liberty. When it goes beyond those things, it becomes destructive to both human happiness and human liberty.”

Source : "15 Questions with Grover G. Norquist". Interview with Rebecca F. Elliott, www.thecrimson.com. November 18, 2010.
“In the world of imagination, all things belong.”

Source : Richard Hugo (1992). “The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing”, p.19, W. W. Norton & Company

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