"We establish a connection with the unknown through the act of giving something and, paradoxically, the act of destroying something. That is what is behind sacrifice. What you offer and what you destroy, it is that surplus which is life itself."

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Source : "Roberto Calasso speaks on 'The Last Superstition'". The Paris Review interview, bookhaven.stanford.edu.

Roberto Calasso

#Sacrifice Quotes #Giving Quotes #Connections Quotes

“Yes, Im quirky, loud and crazy.”
“I think we're rapidly approaching the day where medical science can keep people alive in hospitals, hooked up to tubes and things, far beyond when any kind of quality of life is left at all.”
“[Victoria Clark] is one of those people who has the rarest combination of gifts. I can put her in any classical play tomorrow because she such an extraordinary actress.”
“I started running in high school. I found out if you run fast then you can get girls.”
“Sanctity and genius are as rebellious as vice.”
“For some heroes, nothing is impossible”

Source : Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.113, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“With drama, especially, it seems like the bigger the budgets and the edgier the characters, the more interesting they are. We're very lucky because 'Modern Family' wouldn't fit on cable: they'd want us to push it more and be edgier and turn it into something that it's not.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't need any more awards.”

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