"Amen' is like the Send button on an email."

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Source : Steve Toltz (2008). “A Fraction of the Whole”, p.8, Spiegel & Grau

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“I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.”

Source : Katharine Butler Hathaway (2000). “The Little Locksmith: A Memoir”, p.14, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“Barcelona players are passing the ball at least 25 times to reach the goal, while Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso is doing this all in a single pass.”
“Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.”
“What some people find in religion a writer may find in his craft...a kind of breaking through to glory.”
“I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our Revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them.”
“History is nothing but a problem of mechanics applied to psychology.”
“Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.”
“Within the next five years, I predict major changes in the art world and it will look nothing like it did ten years ago. Just like the sport of skateboarding, the new innovators will define the future. I believe the art world will become more vibrant and usher in a strong healthy market for new works.”

Source : "Art And Skateboarding". markedwardadams.com. May 14, 2013.

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