"The cacophony of contemporary popular culture makes it hard to discern the call of truth and wisdom. There is no area in which practicing asceticism is more important."

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Source : Rod Dreher (2010). “Crunchy Cons: The New Conservative Counterculture and Its Return to Roots”, p.2, Crown

Rod Dreher

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“I think with all the odd jobs I ever had, there was some kind of enlightenment but, yes, a lot of pain and suffering that I don't want to re-live.”

Source : "David Boreanaz - Interviewed on location for Carpe Noctem in Los Angels". BBC Interview, www.bbc.co.uk. August 22, 2001.
“Bold clean energy action is needed to stave off a climate hostile to human life.”
“Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.”
“When somebody says something bad about you, they feel bad about themselves in some way.”
“Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week.”

Source : "Jason Reitman grows up with young adult". Interview with Angela Watercutter, December 15, 2011.
“Inevitably in any work you do I think that there is a sense of continuity, and I like that.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Perhaps all one can really hope for, all I am entitled to, is no more than this: to write it down. To report what I know. So that it will not be possible for any man ever to say again: I knew nothing about it.”

Source : A Dry White Season epilogue (1980)
“Did you use a chainsaw?" Joey said. "I seem to recall you like chainsawa." "There wasn't a power outlet." Clay turned to me. "That's what I want for Father's Day, darling. A gas powered chainsaw.”

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