"Every day, we are assassinating nearly 16,000 additional victims."

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Source : "Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler" by Philipp von Boeselager, Hachette UK, April 16, 2009.

Henning von Tresckow

“He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.”
“I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life, like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play.”
“I am not here for women only, but also for women.”
“The superstitions of today are the scientific facts of tomorrow.”

Source : "Dracula". Play by John L. Balderston, 1924.
“But Sarah Weddingtonhad never told me that what I was signing would allow women to use abortions as a form of birth control. We talked about truly desperate and needy women, not women already wearing maternity clothes,”
“The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy.”
“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a â€˜dismal science.â€™ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.”

Source : "The Speech Pope Francis Should Have Given" by Lawrence W. Reed, fee.org. September 24, 2015.
“Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn through repetition to play golf and basketball or master a musical instrument, and that such practice changes the activity and physical aspects of specific brain areas.”

Source : Andrew Weil (2011). “Spontaneous Happiness: Step-by-step to peak emotional wellbeing”, p.41, Hachette UK

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