#do

Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again. ↗

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#deserted #favour #god #goodness #i

My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not. ↗

— Anna Held

#did #dog #dogs #funny #get

I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#anything #become #could #differently #doing

It's nice coming to Nashville, and we have four-bedroom house and a dog, and we go swimming a lot. We get down here and spread out a lot, and I miss my sweet tea and my cornbread and my good southern cooking - but I'm down here eating pretty for two weeks and I'm ready to go back to New York City. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#city #coming #cooking #dog #down

What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done. I'm not going to sing about ploughing, but I'll write a song that sounds like it should be about ploughing. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#always #basically #bob #bob dylan #did

Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down frequently to rest. ↗

— Max Eastman

#frequently #lies #rest #robert #style

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#breakdown #certainly #edge #gay #i

In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#because #christianity #divide #i #i do

Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off. ↗