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"If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure."

Failure, Building

"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

Future, Will

"On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen."

Time, People, Clothes, Hair

"If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil."

Emotion, Feeling, Oil

"If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive."

Being, Nothing

"If our subconscious was attractive, we wouldn't have to bury it down deep within us."

Self-awareness, Deep

"If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it."

Money, Hope, End, Now

"If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis."

Crisis, Practice, Spiritual

"If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal."

Hypothetical, Cats, Now

"Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs."

People, Being, Earth, Running

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"Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so."

Stephen Leacock, Canadian Economist

Christian, Christmas, First, Now, Spirit

"Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified."

Sherwood Anderson, American Writer

Christian, Christ, World

"Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self."

Francis of Assisi, Italian Saint

Christian, Christ, Gifts, Grace, Overcoming

"The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain."

Tony Benn, English Politician

Christian, Christ, Nothing, Spain

"If every call to Christ and His righteousness is a call to suffering, the converse is equally - every call to suffering is a call to Christ, a promotion, an invitation to come up higher."

Charles Bent, American Politician

Christian, Christ, Promotion, Righteousness, Suffering

"An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is among Catholics."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

Christian, Christ, Ignorance

"Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals."

William Blake, English Poet

Christian, Christ

"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Christian, Christmas, Nothing, World

"How many Catholic schools do you think teach the students to question the authority of the Pope? Do you believe Christian schools teach students to question or challenge the authority of Jesus Christ? Do military schools teach the cadets to challenge the authority."

Neal Boortz, American Journalist

Christian, Authority, Challenge, Military

"National Socialism and Christianity are irreconcilable."

Martin Bormann, German Soldier

Christian, Christianity, Socialism