But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Cops aren't really your friends, they are trying to be your friends but they are not.... DEYTH BANGER These all are attempts to protect the weak party against other political powers. They are afraid of ... GEORGE ISHAQ Some skeptics believe religious people are religious because they fear Hell. It's about as fair as s... CRISS JAMI Half the people in the world think that the metaphors of their religious traditions, for example, ar... JOSEPH CAMPBELL We've always asked people to leave earlier, but because of Katrina, they are now listening to us and... ANN THOMAS Once we recognize the fact that every individual is a treasury of hidden and unsuspected qualities, ... CHARLES H. PERCY Adam and Lander are both successful because of way they go about it. They have played for years and ... SCOTT HARRIS I don't see that kind of political strength coming from the religious left - because they don't seem... JOSEPH LOCONTE The holy books of all religions are powerful books,not because they are religious books,but because ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce fo... RALPH MERKLE What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These a... ADLAI STEVENSON What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These a... ADLAI E. STEVENSON The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets ... BILL CLINTON These ministries have merged pseudo-science with religious beliefs to create, in effect, a new relig... WAYNE BESEN Books understand me, but humans don't understand me. They are bad friends books are forever as well ... DEYTH BANGER My eyes were closed, they're open now DAMIEN RICE All the terrorism in the world that fester in the name of religion, are in fact not religious in nat... ABHIJIT NASKAR Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious inju... WILLIAM BLUM You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them. JEFFREY FRY What do I believe? As an American I believe in generosity, in liberty, in the rights of man. These a... ADLAI STEVENSON She wanted to be herself at all costs. KIERA CASS If we are utopists, leave us with our utopias so long as they induce action, so long as they are mot... ABDOULAYE WADE I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu... JAMES C. DOBSON No matter how powerful our political and religious leaders think they are, they are as dust before t... ALAN MOORE Even the dumber parts of our government are not run by idiots. These are ordinary people like us, do... P. J. O'ROURKE They aren't as experienced as the other teams we play because most have never played soccer before. ... ERIC PYRON As successful as these students are at debate tournaments, it all comes from the work they do before... BRENT HEAVNER Emperors and armies come and go, ... but unless they leave new ideas in their wake, they are of pass... ALAN GREENSPAN The reason Joy Division and New Order are as influential and successful as they are is because of th... PETER HOOK Religious matters are to be separated from the jurisdiction of the state not because they are beneat... ISAAC BACKUS Some women are vain, swallowed by the obsession of their own beauty, because they fear that is all t... MANDI J The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans... BARBARA AMIEL Each of us sees things not as they are but as we are. JACK PROVONSHA Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but... LORD JEFFREY Manipulation, sloganizing, depositing, regimentation, and prescription cannot be components of revol... PAULO FREIRE They came to us as self-described nerds. And we couldn't disagree. But they are an adorable Midweste... BERTRAM VAN MUNSTER Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON Now they have a riddle. - Criminal Minds DEYTH BANGER And what do they want!? DEYTH BANGER But this too is true: stories can save us. TIM O'BRIEN All teams are going to try and prove they can beat the No. 1 team. They are going to come at us as h... HILTON ARMSTRONG Half the political intelligentsia who talk to a working audience don’t get the value of their stuf... JOHN WYNDHAM Fairy tales and folk tales are for children and childlike people, not because they are little and in... ANTHONY M. ESOLEN We can certainly say that those inside are afraid to leave, but I do not think ... that we can say t... ANDREW WHITE We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping ... CHARLES KINGSLEY All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law. ANDY ROONEY Major political parties have a role, but they are incapable of initiating fundamental change because... MARIANNE WILLIAMSON The second chance points killed us a little bit. Obviously, they aren't as big as us. But they are s... BRAD PICKETT People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious convictio... UMBERTO ECO The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some... PERCY WYNHAM LEWIS This is one of the most overlooked areas in the city and district. These are two of the last crossin... PAULA MCGOWAN Examples of goodness that know no ethnic, religious, racial, or political bounds are important docum... DARIO SPINI Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily,... FRANCIS JEFFREY Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient. SALMAN RUSHDIE Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method... WALTER BENJAMIN When we were kids jokers were found in circus and they used to make us happy but,as we are growing t... ARSLAN AHMAD You think the things you can touch and feel are the things that are real, but they are not. Over tim... KATE MCGAHAN The kids use this as an opportunity for themselves. They're asking us for help, and they leave here ... JULIE WELLS And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves ... GILBERT K. CHESTERTON There are vampires. They are real, they are of our time, and they are here, close by, stalking us as... NICKY RAVEN Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and ... KURT COBAIN Beauty is all about us, but how many are blind! They look at the wonder of this earth and seem to se... PAU (PABLO) CASALS Beauty is all about us, but how may are blind! They look at the wonder of this earth and seem to see... PABLO CASALS We have needed to define ourselves by reclaiming the words that define us. They have used language a... SELMA JAMES Our definition of VIP is not as big as in Macau. But for us, they are VIPs even if they don't sp... ANDREW TAN We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keep... CHARLES KINGSLEY The emotions that sustain religious belief are all, in fact, deeply ordinary and deeply recognisable... FRANCIS SPUFFORD Wise people put as much distance between themselves and sexual temptation as possible. They not only... CRAIG GROESCHEL Leaders don’t hide good news from their followers. As long as they discover knowledge, they share ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are th... JOHN ADAMS There’s this thing about shadows. They mimic us. They are a constant reminder of the fact tha... CHIRAG TULSIANI That is the worst of women. They always want one to be good. And if we are good, when they meet us, ... OSCAR WILDE People don't show up here (at the courtroom) because they believe evolution is bad science. They sho... EUGENIE SCOTT Rather than just paying for overhead, which is all that is allowable under Texas law, overhead, 'You... CRAIG MCDONALD They are always the problem. There is no evil in this world you cannot blame on them. The world will... JAMES ROZOFF The operations are under preparation and you will see them in your houses as soon as they are comple... OSAMA BIN LADEN When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rol... EMMUSKA ORCZY they were all ordinary until they took the extraordinary steps with courage to leave the extraordina... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island. OLIVER KAHN We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island, OLIVER KAHN If two people are so unalike, as you and I, they are pleased when they discover points of agreement.... H.F. PETERS The world is passing through troubling times. The young people of today think of nothing but themsel... PETER THE HERMIT They may perform all sorts of religious rituals and good actions, but without the Name, the egotisti... SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB Americans are as eager to hear the truth about God and the US as they are to hear they have AIDS. BOBBY W. MILLER They feel like they are shuffled around all the time, like because they are inside the outer belt th... AMY BAKER The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistak... ORSON SCOTT CARD Poets are accepted in Canada as practically nowhere else in the West because of their place in an of... GEORGE FETHERLING …he wanted to sleep inside her lungs and breathe her blood and be smothered. He wanted her to be a... TIM O'BRIEN We are fascinated with our own history, and we are fascinated with the Romans because they were mill... KIT HARINGTON Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations l... ROBIN S. SHARMA I do not hail myself as an atheist, for I am not an atheist. In fact, I have met God, felt God and e... ABHIJIT NASKAR I do not care what your beliefs are; whether they are religious, scientific, theological, taboo; it ... CASEY BRYANT Our prejudices are our robbers, they rob us valuable things in life. SOURCE UNKNOWN They are normal people who have been put where they are, and whose actions and feelings have been mo... WILLIAM H. MAULDIN – and pompous fools drive me up the wall. Ordinary fools are alright; you can talk to them and try... RICHARD FEYNMAN I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice ... CRAIG GROESCHEL Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future an... FRED ROGERS
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ADAM PEATY I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a chea... ADAM PEATY It hasn't always been a sweet ride. When I was 15, I almost hated racing in finals because I was... ADAM PEATY Training is my drug. I'm going to be the best I can in and out of the water - train right, eat r... ADAM PEATY I am only this successful because I'm so good at grounding myself. ADAM PEATY I love tuning into Radio 1 on a Friday night after training and hearing the new stuff. ADAM PEATY Not that I went into the Olympics with any doubt, but my holiday plans afterwards depended on how we... ADAM PEATY I believe I can get faster because I have trained for it, and I'm doing faster times I've ev... ADAM PEATY Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to set a time that nobody can touch for many years. ADAM PEATY Every day I try to push the boundaries, and it's paid off. ADAM PEATY Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country. 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