#strange

It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not as means of satisfying lust or gratifying wantonness, but of supplying his absolute wants and necessities. ↗

— Johann Arndt

#blessings #bound #certainly #christian #duty

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#liberty #lose #man #others #over

I'd say I'm the opposite of someone that has the urge to stand in front of strangers and make them laugh, but the idea of getting up and telling a story and people finding it amusing always appealed to me. ↗

— Eric Bana

#amusing #appealed #finding #front #getting

Being a Barrymore didn't help me, other than giving me a great sense of pride and a strange spiritual sense that I felt OK about having the passion to act. It made sense because my whole family had done it and it helped rationalise it for me. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#act #barrymore #because #being #done

Call no man foe, but never love a stranger. ↗

— Stella Benson

#foe #love #man #never #stranger

A brick could be used to bestow gratitude upon your favorite (or least favorite) politician. Let them know your approval level by giving them the gift that says both Thank You—and Fuck You.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

If loving someone is putting them in a straitjacket and kicking them down a flight of stairs, then yes, I have loved a few people. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#crazy #funny #funny-and-random #humor #love

Wild Bill was a strange character. In person he was about six feet and one inch in height. He was a Plains-man in every sense of the word. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#bill #character #every #feet #height

I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure. ↗

— Danielle Dax

#buzz #destroy #feel #find #get

If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying conviction. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#because #carrying #competent #conviction #eccentric