Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.

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Somebody said I am the most popular person in Arizona because I am speaking the truth. -Donald Trump

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But by virtue of our baptism, Peter Akinola and I are brothers in Christ and one day we are going to be in heaven together, so we might as well learn to get along here because we will have to get along there. God won't have it any other way. - Gene Robinson

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One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know... Once the breakthrough is made, there is a permanent expansion of awareness. But there is always a reaction of rage, of outrage, at the first breakthrough... So the artist, then, expands awareness. And once the breakthrough is made, this becomes part of the general awareness.

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The important thing is not what we write but how we write, and in my opinion the modern writer must be an adventurer above all, willing to take every risk, and be prepared to founder in his effort if need be. In other words we must write dangerously

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Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put some sunglasses on. — Lady Gaga

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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

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You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.

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Being interested is more important than being interesting.

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The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself. ― Gore Vidal

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