"When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce."

-- Richard Flanagan

#Lying Quotes #Commerce Quotes #Conscience Quotes

“And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and issues of drug use, issues of AIDS, and things like that all arise naturally out of pop culture.”
“One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come”

Source : Lester R. Brown (2013). “Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth”, p.276, Routledge
“Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there; She gives the best light to his sphere; Or each is both, and all, and so They unto one another nothing owe; And yet they do, but are So just and rich in that coin which they pay, That neither would, nor needs forbear, nor stay; Neither desires to be spared nor to spare. They quickly pay their debt, and then Take no acquittances, but pay again; They pay, they give, they lend, and so let fall No such occasion to be liberal. More truth, more courage in these two do shine, Than all thy turtles have and sparrows, Valentine.”
“There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism that for all its sincerity is nothing if not vague and sentimental; and he is the most acute and dispassionate of observers, the most profound and earnest student of character and emotion.”

Source : William Ernest Henley (1906). “Views and Reviews: Essays in Appreciation: Literature”
“It's always mildly unnerving when you're hanging upside down 70 feet in the air.”
“For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. Itâ€™s a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career itâ€™s something I can look back on and know Iâ€™ve tested myself against the very best.”
“It is impossible for a believer, no matter what his experience, to keep right with God if he will not take the trouble to spend time with God. Spend plenty of time with him; let other things go, but don't neglect Him.”
“I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never even get to see on the screen anymore.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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