"The Lord of Rags and Tatters."

-- Megan Whalen Turner

#Rags Quotes #Lord Quotes

“Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II our cause was the cause of humanity, and our soldiers brought home glory and victory, and thank God that they did. But it led us to romanticize it to some extent.”
“For too long, we’ve called unbelievers to “invite Jesus into your life.” Jesus doesn’t want to be in your life. Your life is a wreck. Jesus calls you into his life. And his life isn’t boring or purposeless or static. It’s wild and exhilarating and unpredictable.”
“Real haiku is the soul of poetry. Anything that is not actually present in one's heart is not haiku. The moon glows, flowers bloom, insects cry, water flows. There is no place we cannot find flowers or think of the moon. This is the essence of haiku. Go beyond the restrictions of your era, forget about purpose or meaning, separate yourself from historical limitationsâ€”there you will find the essence of true art, religion, and science.”
“People are afraid that if they let go of their anger and righteousness and wrath, and look at their own feelings-and even see the good in a bad person-they're going to lose the energy they need to do something about the problem. But actually you get more strength and energy by operating from a place of love and concern. You can be just as tough, but more effectively tough.”
“Never follow the crowd in what you do; the crowd has never produced anything of lasting quality, value or beauty.”
“Many new churches, I regret to say, can be described from the design point of view only as holy terrors.”

Source : Robin Boyd, Australian Broadcasting Commission (1967). “Artificial Australia”
“The next time anyone asks you "What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?" the correct answer is "What year, please?"”
“It's a wonderful thing working with young actors. I know a lot of people don't like working with children. I actually adore it, because you watch their imagination open up and you watch them start to learn this job that I've been doing for so long. They come with such a lack of cynicism.”

Source : "Q&A – Michelle Forbes (Mitch Larsen)". AMCtv.com Interview, www.amc.com.

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