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Quote by Benjamin E. Mays

“. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.”

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Benjamin E. Mays was an outstanding American critic, born on August 1, 1894, and died on March 28, 1984. He had a profound impact on education, religion, and social justice, and was renowned for his contributions to the civil rights movement. more

“Both magic and religion are based strictly on mythological tradition, and they also both exist in the atmosphere of the miraculous, in a constant revelation of their wonder-working power. They both are surrounded by taboos and observances which mark off their acts from those of the profane world.”

World Religion Wonder Magic Tradition Mark Constant Atmosphere Revelations Miraculous Taboo Profane Observance

Book:Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays

Source: Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays

“You can't be loved for long if you're not feared.”

Ifs Long

Author:Chris Matthews

“The White House has something in common with the rest of America, and that is disdain for Congress. It is hard to blame them.”

Hard Reality America House Politics Community White Common Policy Blame Unity Congress Ideology White House Free Speech Disdain Partisanship

Author:Claire McCaskill

“Underwear makes me uncomfortable and besides my parts have to breathe.”

Breathe Uncomfortable Underwear

Author:Jean Harlow

“[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.”

Reality Comedy Our Lives Human Nature Fine Clinton Civility

Author:Claire McCaskill

“If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is a crime where there is not consent. It is a felony. And we need to start making sure victims understand that, so they don't do the self blame.”

Ifs Needs Self Reality Community Justice Violence Crime Gun Victim Blame Human Rights Drunk Consent Felony

Author:Claire McCaskill

“Whenever summer rolls around I begin to realize that I'm a complete and utter book snob. In relation to reading, I have absolutely no guilty pleasures at all. No graphic novels. No murder mysteries. My summer read is really no different from my winter read. I know many bookshops and magazines would have me believe that our summer forays are different, but literature is literature, and unfortunately snobbery is snobbery.”

“The financial interdependence of the world's banks is like the interlocking alliances that predated World War I.”

World War Wall Financial War Of The Worlds World War I Alliances Interdependence

Author:Dick Morris

“There is more to biology than rats, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis, and E. coli.”

Biology Rats

Author:Ernst Mayr

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