February 2011
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“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring...”
– Herman Melville, Moby Dick
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“When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
“His sins were scarlet, but his...”
– Hilaire Beloc, On His Books
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“[The only explanation for faith……….. ed.]...”
– Tertullian, In Memoriam
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“A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.”
– Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life
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“Transparency and social communication will scorch the earth.”
– Uncle Fishbits
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“In communism, and even capitalism, and most isms……. corporate...”
– Uncle Fishbits
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“My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies...”
– George Santayana, Soliloquies in England
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“All art is but imitation of nature.
(Omnis ars naturae imatatio est.)”
– Seneca, Epistle to Lucilius
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“Art lies in concealing art.
(Ars est celare artem)”
– Ovid, Art of Love
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“Art is long and time is fleeting.”
– Longfellow, A Psalm of Life
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“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations - entangling alliances...”
– Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
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“And malt does more than Milton can
to justify God’s ways to man”
– A.E. Houseman, A Shropshire Lad
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“The film [ENTER THE VOID] is astonishingly ambitious, both technically and...”
– Gaspar Noe
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“[God has] “an inordinate fondness for beetles.”
– J.B.S. Haldane - When asked by Theologians what could be inferred from his studies, he would proffer this apocraphyal response. This is a reference to there being over 400,000 known species of beetles in the world, and that this represents 40% of all known insect species (at the time of the...
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“My paintings are the ashes of my heart.”
– Yves Klein
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“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty....”
– Bertrand Russell
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“The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at...”
– Pablo Casals
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“Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and...”
– Pablo Casals
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“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of...”
– Ansel Adams
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“I am very happy your religion works for you. I am. The issue is that it needs...”
– Uncle Fishbits
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“Art in its highest form is art that serves and instructs society and human...”
– Harry Belafonte
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“There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don’t come to...”
– Isaac Asimov
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“The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light...”
– Seneca
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“Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.”
– Albert Einstein
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“Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the...”
– OSHO
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“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the...”
– Rachel Carson
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“The worst thing to be said about as Americans is that we would sell our soul for...”
– Norman Mailer
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“Power does what it wants (…) and now they’re just more naked about...”
– George Carlin on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann
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“If you want to get good people to do wicked things, you need religion.”
– Christopher Hitchens
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“Thank you God, for making me an atheist.”
– Ricky Gervais, at the end of the Golden Globes 2011 