"The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit."

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Source : Lincoln Steffens (2012). “The Shame of the Cities”, p.8, Courier Corporation

Lincoln Steffens

#Lawlessness Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“I think that I have a lot of different personalities inside me, and I can just draw on them when I need to. And that, I don't know, maybe that makes me sort of schizophrenic in my real life, but it helps at work.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Certainty is a closing of the mind. To create something new you must have doubt.”
“This administration, this agency, the very agency charged with enforcing Obamacare, systematically targeted groups that came into existence because they opposed Obamacare - and they started the targeting the very month, March 2010, that Obamacare came into law - expects us to believe it is the work of two rogue agents in Cincinnati.”
“I've begun to look at the world through apocalypse eyes. Our society, which seems so sturdily built out of concrete and custom, is just a temporary resting place, a hotel our civilization checked into a couple hundred years ago and must one day check out of.”
“There are movies that I love tonally, that I would love to emulate. Anything from Wes Anderson or the Coen brothers is right in my wheelhouse, as something that I would aspire to. I love that kind of indie, fun, colorful, funny, sweet, heartfelt but dark film.”

Source : "Sam Huntington Exclusive Interview BEING HUMAN". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 13, 2011.
“There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing.”

Source : "Martha Smith on: The Impact of the Bravo Test". PBS interview for "Race for the Superbomb" on "American Experience",
“I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.”

Source : Interview With Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. August 1, 2003.
“The church has been brought into the same value system as the world: fame, success, materialism and celebrity. We watch the leading churches and the leading Christians for our cues. We want to emulate the best known preachers with the biggest sanctuaries and the grandest edifices. Preoccupation with these values has perverted the church's message.”

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