“The officer has kept the receipt in his vest since then, he said, ‘to remind me that sometimes people have it worse.'”
“We are asking individuals and faith groups to call for a real jubilee – cancellation of the unjust debts of the most indebted nations, promoting just and progressive taxation, and controlling lending.”
“It was one of the most uncomfortable and enjoyable conversations I’ve had in a long time, one very much worth having, and worth leaving my comfort zone to have.”
“This legislation, if passed into law, it would automatically make me a serial offender and I would be sentenced to death.”
“Though the safety risk posed by Tazreen’s substandard equipments was understood well before [the deadly] blaze, the same conditions appear to be relatively common among Bangladeshi factories.”
“If these jobs don’t pay enough to keep people out of poverty, we’re all in big trouble.”
“We don’t beat them by literally beating them.”
“There’s money in making stupid people mad.”
“This isn’t just cognitive dissonance. It’s irresponsible reporting.”
“It turns out that they don’t like disabled people any better than gays, blacks, Latinos, or single women in law school who use contraception.”
“If you do not know what it means to be an evangelical Christian, it basically works like this: you say a prayer, ask Jesus into your heart and then you vote Republican and start watching Fox News. A lot.”
“Essentially, this approach has been our strategy for the last 30 years. How has it worked so far?”
“I also would have steered clear of politics.”
“In Hosea ‘son’ means Israel and refers to the Exodus … well, that’s not quite the same as what Matthew was on about.”
“John Paul II did not smoke, but Pope Benedict XVI reportedly does (or once did), apparently favoring Marlboros.”
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