"A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it."

-- Cullen Hightower

#Block Quotes #Stones Quotes #Stumbling Quotes

“I am convinced that I do not want to give up more power to the White House, whether it's George Bush or Barack Obama. And I'm going to fight as hard as I can against President Obama on these earmarks and my Republican colleagues who hate to vote for them, but love to get them.”
“My mother was dead for five years before I knew that I had loved her very much.”
“The function of freedom is to free someone else.”
“Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing.”
“Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?”

Source : Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (1982). “The New Philippine Republic: A Third World Approach to Democracy”
“If you like eating meat but want to eat ethically, this is the book for you. From the hard-headed, clear-eyed, and sympathetic perspective of butchers who care deeply about the animals whose parts they sell, the customers who buy their meats, and the pleasures of eating, this book has much to teach. Itâ€™s an instant classic, making it clear why meat is part of the food revolution. I see it as the new Bible of meat aficionados and worth reading by all food lovers, meat-eating and not.”
“What do we actually seek from food? It's not calories, nor is it volume or mass. It is, in fact, nutrition: micronutrients, which include vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytochemicals. These are components by which food can be assessed a value, and therefore, a decision can be objectively made as to whether it's worth eating.”
“Make sure your vision is biblical. You want to make sure you can defend the vision biblically.”

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