"Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind. Why this has to happen, we do not know; the work of Eros is precisely this."

-- Sigmund Freud

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“As far as police go, if officers are really that scared or timid [on the streets], maybe they shouldn't be police officers. Their job is to protect and serve and they're supposed to be the bravest of the brave.”

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“If you tell the truth, it becomes a part of your past. If you lie, it becomes a part of your future.”
“Maybe there'll be a simple, innocent explanation. I don't think so, because I think we would have offered that up already.”
“A creative force that either creates itself or arises from nothing, and which is a causa sui (its own cause), exactly resembles Baron Munchhausen, who drew himself out of the bog by taking hold of his own hair.”
“I can't relate to Mansfield or Monroe. The only one I can relate to is Bardot. First of all, there's a certain physical similarity between us. Second of all, she was very strong--she didn't have that affected sexuality.”
“we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities”
“People look up to Jacques Mesrine as if he were a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, but he never gave anything back to anybody.”
“How many colors are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'Green'?”

Source : Philip Taaffe, Stan Brakhage (1998). “Philip Taaffe: composite nature : a conversation with Stan Brakhage”, Blumarts

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