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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#been #condemn #drive #history #men

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#door #dragon #first #golden #golden age

Who knows? Maybe years from now I'll be on a ranch in Colorado with 10 kids. The whole point of life is to experience a little bit of everything, and I think it's better when there are a few surprises thrown in. ↗

— Keri Russell

#bit #colorado #everything #experience #few

I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#before #bridge #discovering #find #i

I moved away for three years and went to Trinidad where I met my wife, Athena. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#i #met #moved #three #went

I have this pet thing about how global communications are moving so fast now, throwing information at you, making everything available to you, and yet I feel it's leaving us more and more isolated. ↗

— Mike Rutherford

#available #communications #everything #fast #feel

Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit. ↗

— Mike Rutherford

#easily #hard #i #i can #i write

The entire season, the show had never been aired for more than three weeks. You can't get an audience that way. They would never promo the show for the next week. ↗

— Jeri Ryan

#audience #been #entire #get #had

And to play as long as I did and to have a family you have to be very blessed and I was with my wife Ruth. Ruth, I appreciate the job you did, and my three fine children, Reid, Reese, and Wendy. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#blessed #children #did #family #fine

Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistribution and class warfare, or do we want to go at the root causes of poverty and economic stagnation by promoting pro-growth policies that promote prosperity? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#class #class warfare #economic #economic stagnation #go