"An important part of what the state does is preserving its history."

-- James R. Thompson

#Important Quotes #Doe Quotes #States Quotes

“We are not justified by doing good works, but being justified we then do good.”

Source : William Jenkyn, James Sherman (1839). “An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude: Delivered in Christ-Church, London”, p.224
“The Bible is clear - God's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.”
“Once I no longer exist as I am, out of what consideration then should I forgo anything? Should I belong to a man I don't love simply because I used to love him? No, I forgo nothing, I love any man who appeals to me and I make any man who loves me happy. Is that ugly? No, it is at least far more beautiful than my cruelly delighting in the tortures incited by my charms and my virtuously turning my back on the poor man who pines away for me. I am young, rich, and beautiful, and just as I am, I live cheerfully for pleasure and enjoyment.”
“Zombies, believe me, are more terrifying than colonists.”
“How terrible when people are led to believe, or left to believe, that once they are in love they have nothing to do but live happily ever after, they have nothing further to learn.”
“A magician is strong because he feels the pain between what the world is and what he would make of it.”

Source : Lev Grossman (2015). “The Magicians Trilogy”, p.173, Penguin
“Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly.”
“An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.”

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