Charlie Pierce Quotes

If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels.

Charlie Pierce

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The use of slave women as day workers naturally broke up or made impossible the normal Negro home, and this and the slave code led to a development of which the South was really ashamed and which it often denied, and yet perfectly evident: the raising of slaves in the Border slave states for systematic sale on the commercialized cotton plantations.

W. E. B. Du Bois
- Up
- Women
- Home
The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.

Vanessa Hudgens
- Guy
- Cool
- Thought
Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.

Ingrid Betancourt
- Heart
- You
- Decision
I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!

Carla Bruni
- Up
- Mother
- Years
I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.

Jack Nicholson
- Always
- Effort
- Try
The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.

Oriana Fallaci
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- Culture
- Period