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Every day, I receive calls from women who have been abused by their husbands. This encourages me to continue the fight, because, by talking to me, they demonstrate that something is changing in Guinea. Today, women dare to speak out

Wouldst thou the young year’s blossoms, and the fruits of its decline,
And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed;
Wouldst thou the Earth and Heaven itself in one sole name combine?
I name thee, O Shakuntala! and all at once is said.

It's amazing when you stop and think about the times we're living in.
The government should hand out free shampoo with their conditioning.
They're callin all the master plans to hook their lines and sinkers.
They captured all the fools and now they're lookin for the thinkers.

When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.

Though there is great difference of opinion regarding the antiquity of Egyptian civilisation, yet all authorities agree in the statement that, however far back they go, they find no uncivilised state of society.

To be truly Indian one had to be truly international, exhorting them to honour the best in all civilizations and to live it in their daily lives.

Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. … I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things.

All my lovers asked me why they couldn't replace Mary, but it's simply impossible. The only friend I've got is Mary and I don't want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, that's enough for me.

I was proud of my work. And the buildings went up. When they were finished the damnedest thing happened. It was like the buildings were too good for us. Nobody told us that. It just felt uncomfortable, that's all.

And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Is it reasonable to assume a purposiveness in all the parts of nature and to deny it to the whole?

I came here to swallow my pride, admit I was wrong, and beg you to come back to work for me again. But then I figured I'd take a moral shortcut and write you a check.

Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours.

You left a hole wide enough for guys like him to randomly get shot into the wrong dimension. Now I'm stuck putting everybody back where they belong before all of time and space collapses! And don't even get me started on Doctor Strange and the little nerd on Earth-199999!

Death and it's associates, after the initial shock produce callousness.