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An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#enable #him #himself #jobs #outside

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#conversation #i #myself #often #quote

Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor toothed. Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. May God help me. Amen." (Reply to the Diet of Worms, April 18, 1521) ↗

— Martin Luther

#christian #conscience #freedom-of-religion #freedom-of-thought #organized-religion

Probably millions of Americans got up this morning with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a donut. No wonder they are sick and fouled up. ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#coffee #cup #got #millions #morning

I'm still very professional about my fitness. I stay in trim as I always did. ↗

— Peter Shilton

#about #always #did #i #i always

I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#college #i #just #loans #lucky

There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#comeback #down #lose #nothing #out

People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off. ↗

— Sanaa Lathan

#black #first #how #jokes #killed

And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#could #down #fists #help #her

It's often difficult for us to act compassionately, but sacred art eases the difficulty by ennobling us. ↗

— Huston Smith

#art #difficult #difficulty #eases #ennobling