"Democrtitus, in the fifth century B.C. had declared that all the world was composed of only two elements: atomes and the void. This reduction of the myriad of forms to only two was the ultimate in dualistic reasoning. Christianity adopted dualism when it created the strict division between good and evil and heaven and hell."

-- Leonard Shlain

#Two Quotes #Evil Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“I had just won the lawsuit against Melrose Place.”
“I don't like [to] make a woman ... an abstract concept of the fashion. I don't like [to] say, "You must wear that." ... I am not a dictator.”
“I really enjoyed staying at an encampment at the top of a hill in the Samburu Reserve in Kenya. You reach it on a small plane; there is no electricity, no city noises and you sleep and shower under the Milky Way, with moths fluttering around a kerosene lamp, knowing that there are elephants and lions roaming free in the valley.”
“Capt. Renault: What on Earth brought you to Casablanca? Rick Blaine: My health, I came to Casablanca for the waters. Capt. Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert! Rick Blaine: I was misinformed.”
“Well, these tattoos aren't really rebellion. These tattoos are all tattoos I've had since I have been a pastor.”
“That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?”
“Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.”
“Excellence when concealed, differs but little from buried worthlessness. [Lat., Paullum sepultae distat inertiae Celata virtus.]”

You may also like:

Albert Brooks
Actor
Anne Makepeace
TV Producer
Louann Brizendine
Author
Tiffany Shlain
Filmmaker
Ken Goldberg
Artist