"No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit."

-- Mark Twain

#Atheist Quotes #Men Quotes #Church Quotes

“My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.”
“Rapacity plus taste is a formidable combination, since it so often passes for intelligence. One pities the artist in a world of such predators, all of whom are deeply engaged in the arts too.”

Source : Gilbert Sorrentino (1971). “Imaginative qualities of actual things”, Small PressDistribution
“Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting.”
“You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again.”
“People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.”
“Black people should have recognition for themselves and their backgrounds and their relationships with other people in the world and thus lose some of their alienation. This museum has certainly stood for that in this town.”
“African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.”
“I feel like a lot of ***** in the rap game ain't do what I did in these streets and a lot of ***** in the streets ain't do what I did in the rap game. I still feel like a lot of people don't feel where we come from.”

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