"This sense of power is the highest and best of pleasures when the belief on which it is founded is a true belief, and has been fairly earned by investigation."

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Source : William Kingdon Clifford (1999). “The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays”, Pyr Books

William Kingdon Clifford

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“Women, who are the prime victims of religion, and perhaps in some, stockholm syndrome effect, often form the most fervent advocates of the very thing that degrades them. I believe that in the end, it will be women who will turn this around. This should be the final stage of feminism. For a feminist to still believe in god is like a freed slave still living on the plantation.”
“Theres nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show that makes everyone feel good.”
“I think when war becomes your life, I think its very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create a fully balanced policy.”
“I send them my warmest encouragement to persevere in the patience and charity of Christ.”
“I love every aspect of the performing arts and can't imagine myself doing anything different. I give my heart to every project.”

Source : "The Exes’ Kelly Stables: Giving Her Heart to Faith, Motherhood, and the Arts". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.”
“I try to get my subconscious to puke out as much stuff as I can because I'm really not judging myself while making music. If I crave a frequency in the mid, I'll just drag in a sound and try to mold it into what feels right. It happens very quickly. And if I've been making a piece of music for five hours and it sucks, I'll just throw it away. There has to be an entry point to learn about myself, or an idea I've never tried, because then I can try on a new skin and see the world through a different perspective. If I have that spark, then I'll save the file.”

Source : "Arca's Warped Beauty". Interview with Philip Sherburne, pitchfork.com. November 19, 2015.
“I can't compare my life growing up in Leimert Park to someone in Imperial Village Projects; we don't have the same options and I understand that. You do what you do based on survival and instincts. If I know something, I try to share it and give that opportunity and enlightenment to whomever I'm around, some people might not want to hear it but once you know something, you have the option to do better.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net

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