#ripped

We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can play, when all other enticements and sensual attractions are gone. ↗

— James D. Houston

#attractions #away #been #everything #fundamental

Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power. ↗

— Dan Brown

#been #cultures #goddesses #gods #live

Having had cancer, one important thing to know is you're still the same person at the end. You're stripped down to near zero. But most people come out the other end feeling more like themselves than ever before. ↗

— Kylie Minogue

#cancer #come #down #end #ever

Even before 9/11 I was gripped by a sense of dread: our lack of criticism about what we were doing in the Middle East - the slagging off of a whole religious tradition. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#before #criticism #doing #dread #east

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. ↗

— Freda Adler

#chooses #crime #ethical #group #philosophical

Now is not the time to give greater protections to pharmaceutical companies that put unsafe drugs like Vioxx on the market. Such protections have nothing to do with the liability insurance crisis facing doctors and should be stripped from this bill. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#companies #crisis #doctors #facing #give

I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off. ↗

— Kim Cattrall

#i #invest #mind #money #off

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#curse #plenty #stripped