quotes about Clear Conscience

“Without Virginia, as we must all acknowledge--without her Patrick Henry among the people, her Lees and Jefferson in the forum, and her Washington in the field--I will not say that the cause of American liberty and American independence must have been ultimately defeated--no, no, there was no ultimate defeat for that cause in the decrees of the Most High; but it must have been delayed, postponed, perplexed, and to many eyes and hearts rendered seemingly hopeless.”

Source : Robert Charles Winthrop (1876). “Oration on the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: Delivered in the Music Hall, at the Request of the City Government, Boston, 4 July, 1876”, p.22

“I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers.”

“Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does.”

“At 24, I took time off to have a baby, and ever since, I have been juggling modelling with motherhood.”

“Truth has no path. Truth is living and, therefore, changing. Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception. To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. Awareness has no frontier; it is giving of your whole being, without exclusion.”

“The desire to confess ... lies at the root of most fiction writing ...”

“I like the obvious statement, although some people might wish to think they aren't there, that they will go away with time.”

“I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly.”

“Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.”

Source : Quoted in Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 1989

“in the comparatively short time between my childhood and my daughter's, the business society has ceased urging people to produce and is now exerting its very considerable influence to get them to consume.”