"The beauty was in the waking of the powerless. Is it always to be true that it is impossible to have things strong and at the same time beautiful? The famished men need not stay famished. But to gorge themselves in this heartbreaking way consuming, utterly destroying the common promise of their greed, was that ever necessary?"

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Source : Ayi Kwei Armah (1988). “The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born”, p.85, Heinemann

Ayi Kwei Armah

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“Ultimately, the transgender question is about more than just sex. It's about what it means to be human.”

Source : "Conservative Christianity and the transgender question". www.onfaith.co.
“You have the quality of your work and the integrity with which you do it,”
“I know the game wasn't a classic, but the night was about more than that-it was about bringing back the memories and raising money for former heroes who have now fallen on hard times.”
“This country is always changing. But my point about the Supreme Court is the Supreme Court didn't wait for the country to change. Five unelected lawyers overruled 320 million Americans.”
“Riches ... don't consist in having things, but in not having to do something you don't want to do. ... Riches is being able to thumb your nose.”

Source : JOSEPHINE TEY (1949). “BRAT FARRAR”
“Nothing in the Christian life is more important than forgiveness-our forgiveness of others and God's forgiveness of us.”

Source : John F MacArthur (2011). “The MacArthur New Testament Commentary Set of 31 volumes”, p.374, Moody Publishers
“My style when I was 17 was very low-key with jeans, T-shirts, and Converse. I was signed to a major record label by then, so I had stylists helping me.”

Source : "Michelle Branch". www.seventeen.com. October 13, 2009.
“I used to love the Beatles and the Stones and I'd always want to hang out with them, even though they were about seven years older.”

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