"Institutions are not pretty. Show me a pretty government. Healing is wonderful, but the American Medical Association? Learning is wonderful, but universities? The same is true for religion... religion is institutionalized spirituality."

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Source : "The World of Religion According to Huston Smith". Interview with Marilyn Berlin Snell, www.motherjones.com. November 1997.

Huston Smith

#Healing Quotes #Government Quotes #Association Quotes

“I've been the type of person [and] the type of athlete, I don't like to be given anything. I like to earn.”
“I'm going to miss Blockbuster. I'm gonna miss being CEO and all that stuff. We had an atmosphere where everybody was happy. When people make money, they're happy.”
“A woman enjoys intercourse with her man-as she fantasizes about being raped by 3 men simultaneously.”
“We all know the moon isn't made out of blue cheese...but if it was made out of bbq spare ribs would you eat it?”
“No one should do a job he can do in his sleep.”
“Keeping my family out of prison best I can. That is success to me. I created that without selling records.”
“We survive until, by sheer stamina, we escape into the dim innocence of our own adulthood and its forgetfulness.”

Source : Katherine Dunn (2011). “Geek Love: A Novel”, p.150, Vintage
“Trust your first instinct.”

Source : "Interview with Singer, Songwriter Kelis". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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