"I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible."

-- Ava DuVernay

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“Often in the morning I will sit in a favorite chair in my study with a cup of coffee, with classical music playing, not trying to form a prayer with words but waiting, listening, until perhaps I sense the Spirit bringing to the surface a word from God. Then I offer just a simple 'Thank you.'”
“'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.”

Source : The Rachel Maddow Show, www.msnbc.com. May 28, 2009.
“It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.”
“I'm a pretty emotional person.”
“It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?”
“Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.”
“Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It's a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.”

Source : Neale Donald Walsch (2010). “Friendship with God: An uncommon dialogue”, p.45, Hachette UK
“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”

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