"The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall."

-- Mary Douglas

#Strong Quotes #Wall Quotes #Black And White Quotes

“And [he] sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him and it was still hot”
“We all screw up. Everyone makes mistakes. Thatâ€™s what she did. It was bad judgment, thatâ€™s all. You donâ€™t cut off the people you love for mistakes like that.”
“Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.”
“We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive.”

Source : Robert W. Bly (2007). “The Copywriter's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells”, p.39, Holt Paperbacks
“You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception...you see what is, where most people see what they expect.”
“I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants.”

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“NATO is based on shared values. Democracy, individual civil liberties and the rule of law. In public and also in meetings with the allies, I have repeatedly pointed out how crucial these common values are. They are the basis for our unity, and unity is the most important basis for our strength.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“It's very contradictory for a man to teach about the murder in corporate capitalism, to isolate and expose the murderes behind it, to instruct that these madmen are completely without stops, are licentious, totally depraved — and then not make adequate preparations to defend himself from the madman's attack. Either they don't really believe their own spiel or they harbor some sort of subconscious death wish”

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