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Samuel Johnson

"Sir a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well: but you are surprised to find it done at all."

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"Sir a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well: but you are surprised to find it done at all."

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"Our minds of infinite possibilities have been plowed, seeded and cultivated by every word, institution and sacred belief we hold dear, to produce a foul harvest of exclusion, apathy, brute domination and death."

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"A society becomes a breeding ground of violence and terrorism when it closes its door to new ideas and forces the citizens to live in the prison of conforming thoughts."

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"Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people."

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"A country is poor not because they have no wealth but because they have no good ideas."

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"Either you are homophobic or you are a human - you cannot be both."

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"The overload of useless ceremonials and worship have crippled the whole nation. If you want to do good to your nation and yourself, then throw away your ancient ceremonials as far as possible."

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"American corporate capitalism is a murder-suicide mission."

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"We are equal by fault, but never equal in acceptance."

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"It's quite unfortunate how some people would like you when you are barely making ends meet, but would hate you with a passion if you start to do well."

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"If a moneyed man had a "corny mind, a flatterer would immediately start chasing him like a hungry hen!"

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