"I’m a total atheist, and for me it’s just about trying to find something that rises above the banal day-to-day bullshit of living."

-- Myla Goldberg

#Atheist Quotes #Bullshit Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Be daring. Be first. Be different.”
“It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry.”
“I watched her, waiting. She smiled. Her lips curved up and the edges, and her chocolate eyes warmed. Iâ€™d just admitted to stalking her, and she was smiling.”
“PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an amiable old gentleman, who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead.”
“True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.”
“Positivity doesn't just change the contents of your mind...It widens the span of possibilities that you see.”

Source : Barbara Fredrickson (2009). “Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life”, p.9, Harmony
“Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.”

Source : The Wired Interview, www.wired.com. February 23, 2009.
“I would encourage my children to protect themselves if there's any sort of physical abuse against them. I would definitely go speak to the perpetrator, and if the perpetrator was a child, I'd speak to their parents. But I ... Oh my God, I don't know what I'd do if I was privy to watching my kids being bullied! I would do what any parent would, I'd be like a grizzly bear protecting his cubs.”

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