"One senses, in all autobiography, a straining toward perfection, perfection of a kind that connects the individual with a cosmic pattern which, because it is perfect in itself, verifies that individuals own potential perfection."

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Source : Roger Rosenblatt (1994). “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories”, Random House

Roger Rosenblatt

#Perfect Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Prayer is the bridge over which the Kingdom of God comes to the earth.”
“The only country that hasn't liked my music is my own.”
“Then we are assured by Sartre that owing to the final disappearance of God our liberty is absolute! At this the entire audience waves its hat or claps its hands. But this natural enthusiasm is turned abruptly into something much less buoyant when it is learnt that this liberty weighs us down immediately with tremendous responsibilities. We now have to take all God's worries on our shoulders -now that we are become men like gods. It is at this point that the Anxiety and Despondency begin, ending in utter despair.”
“To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.”
“One of the nice things about math and science is it's obvious, you get the answer or you don't get the answer.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I saw some amazing, beautiful, invigorating parts of America, but I saw some dark parts of America, an ugly side of America, a side of America that rarely sees the light of day. I refer, of course, to the ***** and testicles of my co-star, Ken Davitian.”

Source : "Borat and Queen Crown British Success at Globes". www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2007.
“L.A. scares the crap out of me. I feel if I have to work out four hours a day, and count the calories of everything I put in my mouth, and have Botox at 22, and obsess about how I look the whole time, I will go mad. I will absolutely lose it.”
“I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After all, it's not everyday that I see a man who's prettier than I am." (Alexandra)”

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