"It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian 'wall of separation' between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church."

-- Jon Meacham

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“Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.”
“That's the New York thing, isn't it. People who seem absolutely crazy going around telling you how crazy they used to be before they had therapy.”
“Most of the avoidable suffering in life springs from our attempts to escape the unavoidable suffering inherent in the fragmentary nature of our present existence. We expect immortal satisfactions from mortal conditions, and lasting and perfect happiness in the midst of universal change. To encourage this expectation, to persuade mankind that the ideal is realizable in this world, after a few preliminary changes in external conditions, is the distinguishing mark of all charlatans, whether in thought or action.”

Source : Hugh Kingsmill (1944). “The Poisoned Crown”
“Well, considering my entire life, now seems rules by odd coincidences, I figure it's right on track.”
“The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 07, 2015
“I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.”
“Its so important for business leaders to discover what their purpose is. In the days when the business seems overwhelming, or you arent certain you can continue, it is your purpose that will compel you to push through.”
“All dance has expression. If there is no expression, I prefer the circus. The performers do more dangerous, more difficult technical things than we do. But we are dancers. We have to express and we have to project.”

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