{"author":"William E. Jefferson","author_id":"William+E.+Jefferson","total_quotes":3,"quotes":[{"text":"Even in societies where words are often strictly controlled, messages diverse never die. Resembling seeds scattered here and there, they find all manner of cracks and crevices to root.","author":"William E. Jefferson","tags":["censorship","messages","words"],"id":80557,"author_id":"William+E.+Jefferson"},{"text":"Whatever characterization one may choose to place on Satan, 'imbecile message maker' doesn't fit. This was no third-ranking demon out there in the wilderness throwing lines at Christ. This was the manic master who understood the power of words. He spun what he hoped would be a strike. He failed; Christ succeeded. They both used words.","author":"William E. Jefferson","tags":["christianity","inspirational","words"],"id":400512,"author_id":"William+E.+Jefferson"},{"text":"Words are thought descriptors. They project thoughts from anonymity. They transfer thoughts into messages. Messages move the world.","author":"William E. Jefferson","tags":["messages","thoughts","words"],"id":473212,"author_id":"William+E.+Jefferson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}