"I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken."

-- Julianna Baggott

#Believe Quotes #Past Quotes #Evil Quotes

“Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed.”
“Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.”
“The problem of Italy is not really a question of age. Japan has an older population, and it is now in full economic recovery. The problem is that Italy is old in the structure of the society.”
“So you do shorter versions of the hits, or you take out a long guitar solo or things like that to make time for the hits and new music as well. But I don't think any of us ever get to do as much new music as we would like to.”
“I'm a performer. I've tried everything there is.”
“If a despot like Adolf Hitler can think of 1000-year reign, why can't you think of a goal that is gonna last 100 years after you have gone?”
“There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.”
“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”

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