"To say that everything in the bible is to be believed , simply because it is found in that volume, is equally absurd and pernicious... To discard a portion of scripture is not necessarily to reject the truth, but may be the highest evidence that one can give of his love of truth."

-- William Lloyd Garrison

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“On the last album, I didn't want to disturb the melody with too many stories. This time, I wanted to know if I was able to create images with words, with the sound of words.(...) I think thatâ€™s a good thing when the one who is listening, is feeling it in a different way that the one who creates. We are all listening with different perspectives.(...) I donâ€™t want to impose my subjectivity to the listener.”
“He had better get married soon, because he's getting uglier every day!”
“Within a capitalist consumer society, the cult of personality has the power to subsume ideas, to make the person, the personality into the product and not the work itself.”
“NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.”
“Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?”

Source : "The Conspiracy of Fiesco" by Friedrich Schiller, Act I, sc. xviii, 1783.
“Dory is what Mum used to call a "strong-looking woman," which means that, from the back, she looked like a man, and, from the front, you preferred the back”
“No one is so busy that he hasn't the time to dismantle a work of art.”

Source : Halldór Laxness (2005). “Under the Glacier”, Vintage Books
“The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't.”

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