"There are ten times as many sex slaves transported around the globe today as agrarian slaves were transported in the 1790s."

-- Nicholas D. Kristof

#Sex Quotes #Politics Quotes #Today Quotes

“I have been supremely lucky in my life in that I have known great love, and of course I am the temporary custodian of some incredible and beautiful things.”
“When you have kids, you just can't believe your heart could love something so much. My kids inspire me every day and I think I'm a better singer now because they have given me a greater emotional well to draw from.”
“You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.”

Source : “Kevin Spacey: 'House of Cards' Star on Why He Won't Play Carson; the Right Way to Say 'F--- Off'” by Lacey Rose, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 2, 2014.
“Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.”
“Obviously, I would have been happier if Canada had not been conquered in the past by the English, if this part of North America had remained French, but you can't rewrite history.”
“We weren't raised to take, we were raised to give the shirt off our back to anyone in need.”

Source : Song: Country Must Be Country Wide, Album: Halfway To Heaven, 2010
“And if we even affirm that He was born of a virgin, accept this in common with what you accept of Perseus.”

Source : Justin Martyr (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr (Annotated Edition)”, p.30, Jazzybee Verlag
“What kinds of problems, and what kinds of meanings, happen in the paint? Or as one historian puts it, 'What is thinking in painting, as opposed to thinking about painting?' These are important questions, and they are very hard to answer using the language of art history.”

Source : James Elkins (2004). “What Painting Is”, p.3, Routledge

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