"We do not wish incorrect and unsound doctrines to be handed down to posterity under the sanction of great names, to be received and valued by future generations as authentic and reliable, ... Errors in history and doctrine, if left uncorrected by us who are conversant with the events, and who are in a position to judge of the truth or falsity of the doctrines, would go to our children as though we had sanctioned and endorsed them."

-- Brigham Young

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“If you don't know me, don't judge me.”
“It gave me a moment of exquisite satisfaction to find myself moving away from civilisation in this rude canvas canoe of a model that has served primitive races since men first went to sea.”

Source : John Millington Synge (1999). “The Aran Islands”, p.14, Northwestern University Press
“Maybe young women don't wonder whether they can have it all any longer, but in case any of you are wondering, of course you can have it all. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications. It will not be anything like what you think it will be like, but surprises are good for you. And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands.”

Source : Nora Ephron (2014). “The Most of Nora Ephron”, p.82, Random House
“The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.”

Source : The Progressive, October 1955.
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
“I know what it's like to have an inflated libido.”
“I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute toward me.”
“I have never wanted to be a queen! Cleopatra was a role, and I am an actor, so it was fun to play one, but it's not real.”

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