Jim Carroll Artists have nothing to do with the deranged, vaguely connected actions of a few celebrated nutcases. – Jim Carroll Actions Quotes Artists Quotes Celebrated Quotes Connected Quotes Deranged Quotes Nutcases Quotes Vaguely Quotes I love kids that come to shows, little kids coming up to you with braces; like, some kid came up to me in a parking lot outside a show in Santa Cruz – he was about 14 or 15 – and he said, ‘Y’know, I love ‘The Basketball Diaries,’ but I hope your next book of poetry isn’t gonna be as academic as ‘Living at the Movies’ was.’ I was this Catholic kid, and I never really lost that. I loved the rituals of Catholicism. The mass is a magic ritual; it’s a transubstantiation, and the stations of the cross – I mean, a crown of thorns? Getting whipped? It’s punk rock.
Ben Stein If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don’t know what they are. In their eyes is peace. – Ben Stein
Alphonso Jackson The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person’s capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin. – Alphonso Jackson
Keith Ellison You approach faith with humility. You can have some idea, but it boils down to do you see religion as a club, or do you see religion as a path? Do you see it as a wall that separates you or do you see it as a bridge that connects you to God and other people? When you see it as a bridge, you aren’t so worried about bringing others over to your side. – Keith Ellison
Ahmed Ben Bella I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech. – Ahmed Ben Bella
InspirationalLoveMarcus Aurelius Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. – Marcus Aurelius
LoveMarriageOgden Nash To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up. – Ogden Nash
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