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Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own h

Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. – Anita Brookner

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Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything. – Anita Brookner

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In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game. – Anita Brookner

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We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change. – Serj Tankian

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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown. – Frances Wright

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No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state. – Felix Adler

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The point is, could God pass an examination in Theology? – Malcolm Muggeridge

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