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“I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths.”

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George Carey

George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was born on November 13, 1935. He has been a significant figure in the Church of England, playing a pivotal role in shaping religious affairs in the UK. more

“When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer seemed a possibility in my life. At my age there was very little left to kill. It was good to be old, no matter what they said. It was reasonable that a man had to be at least 50 years old before he could write with anything like clarity.”

Men Writing Years Littles Said Matter Age Young Left Possibility No Matter What Suicide Clarity Reasonable They Said

Book:Women

Source: Women

“But then if you lied to a man about his talent just because he was sitting across from you, that was the most unforgivable lie of them all, because that was telling him to go on, to continue which was the worst way for a man without real talent to waste his life, finally. But many people did just that, friends and relatives mostly.”

People Ifs Men Way Real Lying Worst Talent Goes On Waste Sitting Lied Unforgivable Real Talent You Lied

Book:Women

Source: Women

“I think I need a drink.' 'Almost everybody does only they don't know it.”

Thinking Knows Needs Doe Drink Drinking Alcohol

Book:Women

Source: Women

“I learned that just beneath the surface there's another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn't find the proof. It was just a kind of feeling. There is goodness in blue skies and flowers, but another force - a wild pain and decay - also accompanies everything.”

“You got to fight them, Celie, she say. I can't do it for you. You got to fight them for yourself. I don't say nothing. I think bout Nettie, dead. She fight, she run away. What good it do? I don't fight, I stay where I'm told. But I'm alive.”

Thinking I Can Running Fighting Alive Running Away I'm Alive

Book:El color púrpura

Source: El color púrpura

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