"Is poverty of spirit the chief amongst virtues, that Jesus gives it prime place in his teachings? Is it even a virtue at all? Surely not. Manliness of spirit, honesty of spirit, fullness of rightful purpose, these are virtues; poverty of spirit is a crime."

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Source : Charles Bradlaugh (1889). “Theological Essays”, p.366, Library of Alexandria

Charles Bradlaugh

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“I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my brain. Both directors combine moral seriousness with great artistry and, certainly in Hitchcock's case, an enormous respect for plot, for its power to enthrall and delight.”

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“My love is unique an none can rival her. Just by passing, she has already stolen away my heart.”
“If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble.”
“When you decide to hit rock bottom, humiliation is part of the deal.”
“Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In 1983, there were 267 U.S. men who broke 2:20 in a marathon, and by 2000 that number was down to 27.”
“This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.”

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“True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.”
“While the aesthetics of consumption (photographic or otherwise) requires a heroicized myth of the artist, the exemplary practice of the player-off codes requires only an operator, a producer, a scriptor, or a pasticheur.”

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