"There's something about the weekend, even for non-religious people, that feels sacred, so a violation of that sanctified time is almost a betrayal, something blasphemous. The sabbath is the edict to break from work. It was God's call-out to the slave to protect an identity beyond labourer - no production and consumption, just one day a week."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Katrina Onstad

#Betrayal Quotes #Weekend Quotes #People Quotes

“The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.”
“They're the only ones brave enough to give me these opportunities [on being offered a soundtrack!]”
“What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark, you know how to embody a swagger. But sitting down and looking across the table at another actor and being able to go to battle on screen is nothing to do with singing or dancing.”

Source : Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. December 2, 2009.
“Architecture begins to matter when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity and awe along with a roof over our heads.”

Source : Paul Goldberger (2014). “Why Architecture Matters”, p.10, Yale University Press
“And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.”
“And what the people but a herd confus'd, A miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise? They praise, and they admire, they know not what; And know not whom, but as one leads the other; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise?”
“When it came to writing about wine, I did what almost everybody does - faked it”
“The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.”

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