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39 Illicit quotes by 35 unique authors

What censorship accomplishes, creating an unreal and hypocritical mythology, fomenting an attraction for forbidden fruit, inhibiting the creative minds among us and fostering an illicit… — Judith Crist
It was as if nothing quite erased the initial shock of being kissed by someone who was not hers, a kiss that was stolen, claimed… — Suki Kim
In addition to declaring and destroying all of its weapons of mass destruction, Iraq must end its support for terrorism. It must cease the persecution… — George W. Bush
The librarian spoke in a reverential whisper. Corliss knew she'd misjudged this passionate woman. Maybe she dressed poorly, but she was probably great in bed,… — Sherman Alexie
Poverty cannot be accepted as a pretext and justification for the exploitation of children. It does not explain the huge global demand with, in many… — Unknown Author
I think . . . that philosophy has the duty of pointing out the falsity of outworn religious ideas, however estimable they may be as… — Corliss Lamont
In the Barbecue is any four footed animal -- be it mouse or mastodon -- whose dressed carcass is roasted whole... at its best it… — William Allen White
The Finns also have a bent for drink, even though there is no wine here whatsoever, except for illicit tavern keeping, which is harshly suppressed.… — Unknown Author
We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob… — James Harvey Robinson
The pleasures of sin exist. We cannot deny them. But we also dare not deny what follows in their wake: a voracious appetite, inflamed with… — Edwin Louis Cole
Our current drug crisis is a tragedy born of a phony system of classification. For reasons that are little more than accidents of history, we… — Stephen Jay Gould
The seizure of passionate love can be, in such a context, only illicit, breaking in upon the order of one's dutiful life in virtue as… — Joseph Campbell
The gothic reminds us that we are mainly driven by our passions; the Gothic deals in illicit desires, in what is prohibited by society. — Unknown Author
Terrorism fuels itself from all kinds of illicit trafficking: drugs, weapons, human beings. — Francois Hollande
The war on drugs was never meant to be won. Instead, it will be prolonged as long as possible in order to allow various intelligence… — Terence McKenna
In the spiritual reality of the church, neither Marcel Lefebvre, nor his bishops and priests, nor the people who frequent the SSPX chapels suffered or… — Malachi Martin
Knowledge is an attitude, a passion, actually an illicit attitude. For the compulsion to know is like dipsomania, erotomania, and homicidal mania, in producing a… — Soren Kierkegaard
Grace does not demonize our desires nor destroy them nor lead us to deny them. Grace is the work of the Holy Spirit in transforming… — Sam Storms
CBS announced they're canceling As The World Turns. Don't worry though, if you're addicted to the twisted plots, the intrigue, the illicit sex, you can… — Craig Ferguson
Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the… — Susan Rice
She seemed to belong to that pagan, primitive kingdom of birds and forests where everything was infinitely abundant, wild, blooming, and royal in its perpetual… — Jerzy Kosinski
The work is the most fun; it seems illicit how much fun it is. — Meryl Streep
We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn't count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is… — Richard Louv
I would give a lot to actually be able to glamour China into not wanting ivory. I can't even tell you how much I would… — Kristin Bauer van Straten
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to… — Thomas Mann

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