"We all choose things, and we also all choose against things. I want to be the kind of person who chooses for more than chooses against..."

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Jonathan Safran Foer

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“The door of the Free Exercise Clause stands tightly closed against any government regulation of religious beliefs as such. Government may neither compel affirmation of a repugnant belief, nor penalize or discriminate against individuals or groups because they hold views abhorrent to the authorities.”
“Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round.”
“I am a rebel by birth. ... I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity . My feelings about that are so strong, I don't think I could live with myself if I weren't honest .”
“equally real at all stages of his life; specifically, the fact that a particular stage is present cannot be regarded as conferring on it any special status.”
“I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me.”
“I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as actor in a supporting part. If I don't win, I'll just wait until I'm nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?”
“I have achieved the 'sacred' pilgrimage to Ktaadn MT - exceeding all my expectations so far that I am sort of helpless with words. I feel as if I have seen God for the first time, and find him so nonchalantly solemn.”

Source : Letter to Adelaide Kuntz; as cited in "Marsden Hartley", by Gail R. Scott, 1988, p. 130, October 24, 1939.
“Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise.”

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