"My sense of American politics is that most of our politicians are for sale, whether they are out and out crooked, or simply beholden to corporate interests because they've taken so much money from their lobbyists."

-- Kam Williams

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“In the last generation, with public Christianity in headlong retreat, we have caught our first, distant view of a de-Christianized world , and it is not encouraging.”

Source : Paul Johnson (2012). “History of Christianity”, p.720, Simon and Schuster
“Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.”
“The drug ketamine, used as a 'dissociative' anesthetic, can produce subjective reports of conscious awareness outside the body, as can various other psychoactive drugs.”

Source : "Can Science Explain the Soul?" by Stuart Hameroff, Deepak Chopra, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 9, 2010.
“I believe nothing merely because Calvin taught it, but because I have found his teaching in the Word of God.”
“I believe that online paid content hasn't worked for general circulation newspapers because consumers weren't ready for it, because the implementation did not deliver enough value, because content was typically the same as in the print version, and because much of the material was being syndicted by the papers to other publishers or was not protected with DRM technologies to exclude use by others.”
“Sometimes things don't turn out the way you want them to, Haven. Sometimes the people you choose to believe are wrong.”
“It's extremely difficult to come across quality material. It's a competitive world.”

Source : "Romany Malco Chats w/ S&A About 'Think Like A Man,' Picking Projects, Black Cinema & More!". Interview with Vanessa Martinez, www.indiewire.com. May 7, 2012.
“It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success.”

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