Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Voltaire
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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
John Dalberg-Acton
ManEvilSocietyRichConsequences
What is it about a baby bump that makes people feel it's okay to say things like, 'God! You are big!'
Megyn Kelly
GodPeopleBabyFeelYouSay
My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.
Michael Franti
FightParentsMeHurtYouSaid
Isn't an agnostic just an atheist without balls?
Stephen Colbert
AtheistBallsWithoutAgnosticJust
I think our 'Reno' cops are, basically, if you made us make fun of ourselves at a party. That is what we would do. We would do those characters and not really think about it. We didn't develop the characters; everyone just put on a name tag and started improvising.
Robert Ben Garant
FunThinkNameYouPartyEveryone
There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
Rosa Parks
DisappointmentHurtMadnessLine
Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
Mason Cooley
IdeasThoughtsWorldReasonUsGet
What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.
Martin Scorsese
HeartPeopleResolveOutLeaveStay
I don't really believe in the paranormal; I'm a skeptic through and through.
Connor Jessup
BelieveThroughParanormalReally
I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.
Cokie Roberts
BestChildBornWrongDoneBoring
I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.
Armando Iannucci
CharacterWritingStartVoiceThink
As a writer, I have to go to a different place now. As a person... I want to step off whatever this stage is that I have been given. The argument has been made, the battle remains to be fought - and that requires a different set of skills.
Arundhati Roy
StepBattlePlaceArgumentPerson
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