"The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.â€ (August 9, 1955)"

-- Flannery O'Connor

#August Quotes #Church Quotes #Operations Quotes

“If you are a white male, you donâ€™t deserve to live.Â You are a cancer, youâ€™re a disease, white males have never contributed anything positive to the world! They only murder, exploit and oppress non-whites! At least a white woman can have sex with a black man and make a brown baby but what can a white male do? Heâ€™s good for nothing. Slavery, genocides against aboriginal peoples and massive land confiscation, the inquisition, the holocaust, white males are all to blame! You maintain your white male privilege only by oppressing, discriminating against and enslaving others!”
“We were discovered by Don Fury; he was the first record producer who discovered us and essentially plucked us out of the rough. But I think in another way, we were discovered when we discovered each other, right before we started high school. We were 12 and 13. I don't want to speak for Justin Beck, but that's a big moment, linking up with your foil for the first time. Glassjaw definitely changed my life in the biggest way possible.”
“Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer, / Conspired against our God with Lucifer, / And are for ever damned with Lucifer.”
“You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.”
“Separation comes from preparation.”
“We all know Gael - when he's at his best, it's tough to play.”
“Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.”

Source : James Cagney (1976). “Cagney by Cagney”
“We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see in twilight's gloom the first pale spark, While others only note that day is gone.”

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