"I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point."

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Source : Interview by Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.

Abel Ferrara

#Buddhist Quotes #Catholic Quotes

“It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.”
“The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.”

Source : "Buy Shanghai!" by Patricia Marx, www.newyorker.com. July 21, 2008.
“It wasn't the intention to do something important, or to even relate about social issues. The ground is so fertile in the justice world, dealing with the death penalty and the Innocence Project, for characters that have a moral ambiguity, which we were both attracted to. It's the idea that everybody has their reasons. Whatever their actions are, whether you agree with them or not, you can understand why they're feeling that way, in terms of racism or even the death penalty.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.”

Source : Ronda Rousey, Maria Burns Ortiz (2015). “My Fight / Your Fight”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
“Our forgiving love toward men is the evidence of God's forgiving love in us. It is a necessary condition of the prayer of faith.”

Source : Andrew Murray (2013). “The Wisdom of Andrew Murray”, p.97, Simon and Schuster
“It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.”
“I never felt out of control. It was just the way I lived my life. I was the neighborhood bully.”

Source : Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.12, Abrams
“Patience is only one faculty; earnestness the devotion of all the faculties. Earnestness is the cause of patience; it gives endurance, overcomes pain, strengthens weakness, braves dangers, sustains hope, makes light of difficulties, and lessens the sense of weariness in overcoming them.”

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