"Heathens are unredeemed outcasts from heaven who roam the planet without hope of surviving the deaths of their bodies. They may have values, but they are not secured by any divine source. Yet we embrace this because we think it represents the truth."

-- Julian Baggini

#Thinking Quotes #Heaven Quotes #May Quotes

“I don't want to say I drank the Kool-Aid because I'm definitely not religious and I don't buy into any religion at all. I'm anti, because I don't like anyone being discriminated against. But, I do think that I very much needed a sunny place for me to feel happier, and living in LA was almost like that sort of cleansing experience like I was being baptized in a river.”

Source : Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 23, 2016.
“I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government,”
“Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.”
“Sometimes you have to win ugly.”
“Just as the hand that strikes the ground cannot fail,So is the ruin certain of him who cherishes anger.”
“If I die tomorrow, I've done the two hardest things anybody can do in this life with the least amount of security - music and acting - and I've had success in both. I can't really complain. I try not to live my life that way.”
“Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap.”

Source : "Live lazy, live long - look at Britain's oldest man" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2012.
“I just have to come clean and admit I am an extremely, painfully slow writer. I have this unfortunate - or fortunate, I'm not sure which is correct - habit of editing while I'm writing which everyone tells me that I shouldn't do that. But that's just the way I write and I think it's important to stay true to your own writing style and momentum.”

Source : Source: chicagoist.com

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