"The fact that we became a nation and immediately separated church and state - it has saved us from all the misery that has beset mankind with inquisitions, internecine and civil wars, and other assorted ills."

-- Dumas Malone

#War Quotes #Government Quotes #Church Quotes

“I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.”
“We might, either of us, be Queen of England and yet we'll always be nothing to our family.”
“I always get so overwhelmed trying to do everything perfectly. I can't do a job and not put everything I have into it. I need to be the best employee, the best co-worker, the best whatever. I need everyone to like me and I just burn out bending over backward to make that happen. Having people be mad at me is my worst fear. I can't stand it. There is this crazy fear I have of being rejected by anyone - even people I don't really care about. It's always better to leave them first, cut all ties, and disappear. They can't hurt me that way - no one can.”

Source : Nic Sheff (2012). “Tweak: Growing up on Crystal Meth”, p.42, Simon and Schuster
“A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand.”
“Tonight I think again of many days that are sacrificed for one night of love. Of the waste and the fruit of the waste, of plenty and of fire. And how painlessly-time.”
“Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels.”
“It's not about breaking down borders. It's about pushing off of them, and seeing what amazing places they might bring us.”
“Once you lose someone it is never exactly the same person who comes back.”

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