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“She's mad, but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire.”
Variant: she’s mad, but she’s magic.
“The right side of history is with Palestine.”
Source: 1480 AM Rock&Pop. Guadalajara, Mexico.
“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”
“There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.”
“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”
“Elvis is my daddy, Marilyn's my mother, Jesus is my bestest friend.”
Song Body Electric
As quoted in Ta'Rikh-i-Jahan Gusha [History of the World Conqueror] by 'Ala-ad-Din 'Ata-Malik Juvaini (ca. 1252-1260), translated by J.A. Boyle (1958), p. 105
Context: O people, know that you have committed great sins, and that the great ones among you have committed these sins. If you ask me what proof I have for these words, I say it is because I am the punishment of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
"The Leaning Tower", lecture delivered to the Workers' Educational Association, Brighton (May 1940)
The Moment and Other Essays (1948)
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
“It’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
Variant: Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
As quoted in NME (2 November 1974) http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_11-02-1974_-_NME.
“If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.”
“Never get high on your ownly supply.”
"Ten Crack Commandments"
Song lyrics
“I believe in equal rights for everyone. I think God loves all”
Twitter response to anti-gay religious group Westboro Baptist Church picketing a One Direction concert (19 July 2013) https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/westboro-baptist-church-one-direction_n_3634663
Context: Despite the company outside, I believe in equal rights for everyone. I think God loves all. Thanks for coming to the show though.