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“For forty days he went out into the desert - and never shot anything [on Jesus]”

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Osbert Sitwell was a British writer born on December 6, 1892, and died on May 4, 1969. He was a member of the Sitwell family, known for his unique literary style and critical works. more

“I said to this priest: 'Am I expected to believe that if I went out and had an affair that God was really going to be upset? Okay, thou shalt not kill... steal... but thou shalt not commit adultery? If no one is any the wiser, what the hell difference does it make?' He was lovely. He told me the Commandments were laid down for a lot of guys living in the desert”

Ifs Believe Doe Said Guy Differences Hell Okay Affair Expected Lovely Stealing Commit Desert Upset Priests Commandments Wiser Adultery

Author:Diana Dors

“As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.”

Doe Matter Facts Support Greater Ordinary Plant Forests Variety Desert Matter Of Fact Prairie

Book:The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America

Source: The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America

“The Pacific coral reef, as a kind of oasis in a desert, can stand as an object lesson for man who must now learn that mutualism between autotrophic and heterotrophic components, and between producers and consumers in the societal realm, coupled with efficient recycling of materials and use of energy, are the keys to maintaining prosperity in a world of limited resources.”

“It's no wonder most religions are born in the desert, because when men lay beneath that boundless night sky and look up at the infinite expanse of creation they have an uncontrollable urge to put something in the way .”

Men Way Looks Night Born Wonder Sky Creation Infinite Lays Desert Look Up Urges Boundless Night Sky Uncontrollable Expanse Uncontrollable Urge

Author:Terry Pratchett

“The psychology of the alchemist is that of reveries trying to constitute themselves in experiments on the exterior world. A double vocabulary must be established between reverie and experiment. The exaltation of the names of substances is the preamble to experiments on the "exalted" substances.”

World Trying Names Psychology Experiments Substance Vocabulary Exalted Alchemist Exterior Exaltation Reverie Preamble

Author:Gaston Bachelard

“Nothing in our politics is any longer driven or designed by individual humans who have a name and a face; we have sunk from theism into impersonal and depersonalizing deism, a scheme of rule by alien and implacable abstract metaphysical forces.”

Humans Philosophy Faces Names Individual Force Driven Aliens Abstract Schemes Metaphysical Theism Deism

Author:Kenny Smith

“If you like capitalism, you will positively love depressions, because they are one and the same, like manic-depressives and their cycles, like spouse-abusers and their storms of violence.”

Ifs Philosophy Violence Capitalism Storm Cycles Spouse Positively Manic Abusers

Author:Kenny Smith

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