Soren Kierkegaard

Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when everyone has thrown off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight to avoid this? Or are you terrified by it? I have seen men in real life [...]

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Douglas Coupland

You see, when you’re middle class, you have to live with the fact that history will ignore you. You have to live with the fact history can never champion your causes and that history will never feel sorry for you. It is the price that is paid for day-to-day comfort and silence. And because of [...]

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Jay Howard and John Streck

In focusing on individual belief, evangelicals have necessarily focused on individuals…poverty, hunger, abortion, drug abuse, and other such issues are thus approached as personal failings rather than social problems. Systemic elements simply aren’t included in the equation. (Jay Howard and John Streck from Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music)

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Susan Schaefer

If Americans define freedom as autonomy and mobility, Europeans concentrate on inclusivity. They feel free only when they see that others in their communities are free, too. (Susan Schaefer)

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