"Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition."

-- Bruce C. Hafen

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“[W]hen someone speaks we ought to get three things out of the message. First and least important (but still very important), we ought to get what is said. Second, and more important, we ought to have a spiritual experience. Third, and most important, we should keep the commitments we make to ourselves”
“I may never be happy, but tonight I am content. At times like this I'd call myself a fool to ask for more.”
“You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is because God rested, not because Jesus was resurrected.”
“I always loved the creative process, from 'Shakespeare in Love' to 'Finding Neverland' to 'Basquiat'; whether it's serious, or it's comedic, whether it's the 'inside look' at that, it seems to be a theme of what I do.”
“We intend to remake the Gentiles - what the Communists are doing in Russia.”
“L'homme qui a un peu useÂ Â ses eÂ motions est plus presse de plaire que d'aimer. The person who has used his emotions even a little is more anxious to please than to love.”
“It's important to continue to change and evolve in the way that the comics change and evolve.”
“Let vice and immorality of every kind be discouraged as much as possible in your brigade; and, as a chaplain is allowed to each regiment, see that the men regularly attend during worship. Gaming of every kind is expressly forbidden, as being the foundation of evil, and the cause of many a brave and gallant officer's and soldier's ruin.”

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