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Bigotry is an incapacity to conceive seriously the alternative to a proposition.


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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.



God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right



The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.





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Good does not become better by being exaggerated, but worse; And a small evil becomes a big one through being disregarded and repressed.

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People empty me. I have to get away to refill.

People empty me. I have to get away to refill.



t was almost disappointing because it seemed when stress and madness were eliminated from my daily life there wasn't much left you could depend on.

t was almost disappointing because it seemed when stress and madness were eliminated from my daily life there wasn't much left you could depend on.



One of the things I noticed when I worked at Vibe was that backstage at a fashion show, they always referred to the black models as "black girls." I thought, "They never say 'white girls.'

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I got my wish, I suppose. I left my scar.

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The gloomy months of November, when the people of England hang and drown themselves.

The gloomy months of November, when the people of England hang and drown themselves.



In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.

In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.




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