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Mon 8 Mar 2021

Behave

Posted by PJ under food, love, quote of the day, self-righteousness
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Random quote of the day:

“You’ve got to have something to eat, and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body’s sermon on how to behave.

―Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues

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Mon 12 Jun 2017

Closed hearts

Posted by PJ under gods, hearts, quote of the day, self-righteousness
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Random quote of the day:

“The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.”

—Charles L. Allen, When the Heart Is Hungry

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 16 May 2017

Offended

Posted by PJ under justice, obscenity, oppression, quote of the day, self-righteousness
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Random quote of the day:

“If I had a large amount of money I should certainly found a hospital for those whose grip upon the world is so tenuous that they can be severely offended by words and phrases and yet remain all unoffended by the injustice, violence and oppression that howls daily about our ears.”

—Stephen Fry, Paperweight

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 26 Feb 2016

Ugliness

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, self-righteousness, ugly
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Random quote of the day:

“UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.”

—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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Fri 19 Sep 2014

Hooty snooty

Posted by PJ under privilege, quote of the day, self-righteousness
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Random quote of the day:

“Snobbery? But it’s only a form of despair.”

—Joseph Brodsky, “Flight from Byzantium,” Less Than One: Selected Essays

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Thu 13 Sep 2012

Gettin’ priggy

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, self-righteousness
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Random quote of the day:

 

“A prig will always find a last refuge in responsibility.”

—Jean Cocteau, Preface to The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower

 

 

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Wed 31 Aug 2011

Virtue

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, self-righteousness, virtue
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Virtue debases itself in justifying itself.”

—Voltaire, Oedipe

 

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