"It is never persuasive to argue that you are not the kind of person who does what you are actually doing."

-- Lionel Shriver

#Doe Quotes #Arguing Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets.”

Source : Eleanor Robson Belmont (1957). “The Fabric of Memory”
“During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.”

Source : "The Impossible, Inevitable Redemption of Michael Vick" by Will Leitch, www.gq.com. August 18, 2011.
“I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.”
“Harner has impeccable credentials, both as an academic and as a practicing shaman. Without doubt (since the recent death of Mircea Eliade) the world's leading authority on shamanism.”
“The best design teams are not people who are exactly the same...otherwise you're just sitting and telling, 'You're fabulous.' 'No, you're fabulous.'”

Source : "'Project Runway' ('En Garde!')". Game-Show, Reality-TV, January 16, 2008.
“Jesus was a friend of women, the first and practically the last friend women had in the church.”
“I can't get hired in a studio movie. Everything is so uphill.”
“The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic planes, still heavier bombs and, at the same time, prefabricated houses for reconstruction? Why should millions be spent daily on the war and yet there's not a penny available for medical services, artists, or for poor people? Why do some people have to starve, while there are surpluses rotting in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?”

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