"The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing events. That's why they hate politicians so much, because politicians have direct power and they do not."

-- Ben Aaronovitch

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“We forget that the simple gesture of putting a book in someone's hands can change a life. I want to remind you that it can. I want to thank you because it did. - 2010 Indies Choice Award”
“I donâ€™t want to be myself, ever. Iâ€™m terrible at a snapshot. Terrible. I blink all the time. Iâ€™ve got facial Touretteâ€™s. Unless Iâ€™m working and in that zone, Iâ€™m not very good at pictures, really,”
“Faith must always pass the test of discouragement.”
“I'm quite content: although what I'm doing is far from being as I should like, I am complemented often enough all the same...”
“Defect in one's limb ruins a man.”
“Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks.”
“You see, religion alone can only take a person so far. Religion can make us nice, but only Christ can make us new. Religion focuses on outward behavior. Relationship is an inward transformation. Religion focuses on what I do, while relationship centers on what Jesus did. Religion is about me. Relationship is about Jesus”

Source : "Christians, here's why we're losing our religion". www.foxnews.com. April 07, 2013.
“Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it. ... The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”

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