"To be born in a free society and not to be born free is to be born into a lie. To be told by co-citizens and co-Christians that you have no value, no history, have never done anything that is worthy of human respect destroys you because in the beginning you believe it."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Christian Quotes #Lying Quotes #Believe Quotes

“A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it deserves.”

Source : Frantz Fanon (1963). “The Damned”
“I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton.”
“By a commodity we shall understand any object, substance, action or service, which can afford pleasure or ward off pain.”
“I'm a child in that respect: able to live, physically speaking, on a crumb of anticipation for weeks at a time, but always in danger of crushing the waited-for event with the freight of my excessive hope.”
“For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals.”
“I never wanted all this hoopla. All I wanted was to be a good ball player and hit twenty-five or thirty homers, drive in a hundred runs, hit .280 and help my club win pennants. I just wanted to be one of the guys, an average player having a good season.”
“What happened?" Bailey asks. "That is somewhat difficult to explain," Tsukiko answers. "It is a long and complicated story." "And you're not going to tell me, are you?" She tilts her head a bit ... "No, I am not," she says. "Great," Bailey mutters under his breath... "The bonfire exploded? How?" "Remember when I said it was difficult to explain? That has not changed.”
“A new survey says one in three adults will be dressing up for Halloween. As for me, I'm not going to do anything. I'm going as Congress.”

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