"There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought."

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Source : Charles Kingsley, Frances Eliza Kingsley (2011). “Charles Kingsley, His Letters and Memories of His Life”, p.289, Cambridge University Press

Charles Kingsley

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“Damn, but science is just a constant feed of cool new facts and theories. Theology doesn't come close.”

Source : "A Huge Water Geyser on Saturn’s Moon Helps Make the Rings, and a Bonus Eclipse From Mars". "Why Evolution is True" blog by Jerry Coyne, whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com. September 17, 2012.
“I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.”
“Radio wasn't outside our lives. It coincided with and helped to shape our childhood and adolescence. As we slogged toward maturity, it also grew up and turned into television, leaving behind, like dead skin, transistorized talk-radio and nonstop music. . . .”

Source : Vincent Canby, Janet Maslin (1999). “The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made”, Three Rivers Press
“It's hard to pin down what the politics would be, in a way. For me the politics are very visual and felt, thought, seen, but not necessarily put into words. The confusions and conditions within the work are the politics. The fact that a lot of the time the first thing people want to talk to me about is the racial angle, which is a part of the work and I am happy to talk about it, but it's not necessarily the first thing on my mind when I am making something.”
“We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.”
“Desperation is a millstone. It wears away at the very soul, grinding away pity, kindness, humanity and courage. But sometimes it whets the mind to a sharpened point and creates moments of true brilliance. And standing there, nose tickled by the dusty hide of the stuffed deer head, such a moment visited Mosca Mye.”
“Spontaneity is not enough - or, to be more exact, spontaneity is not possible until there is an unconscious coordination of form, space and vision.”
“Helping survivors of residential schools in Canada is not the same as the UN sending in peacekeepers to prevent the genocide in Rwanda. But both are a reflection of our culture and of our priorities. Where there is empathy there is always a solution, where there is apathy there is always an excuse.”

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