"Now the images and temples constructed by mechanics are made of inert matter, so that they too are inert, material, and profane. Even if you perfect the art, it partakes of mechanical coarseness. Works of art cannot then be sacred and divine."

-- Clement of Alexandria

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“If I were president of the United States, I would include Moslems in my presidency.”
“I make a wicked clam chowdah, and linguine with clam sauce. Oysters I like to eat raw, and mussels in either a white wine sauce or in beer with paprika.”
“If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it.”
“I love only extreme novelty or the things of the past.”
“A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time.”
“All to often, however, what she [the woman] does want is the man she hopes she will make out of the man she already has.”
“I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!”
“Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.”

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