"Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it."

-- Francis Arinze

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“we don't belong to each other: he's an independent, and so am I.”
“Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society.”
“I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.”
“I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.”
“But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have been much afflicted again lately by visitors . . . and they gave me to understand that if they had had the arranging of the garden it would have been finished long ago - whereas I don't believe a garden is ever finished. They have all gone now, thank heaven.”

Source : Elizabeth Von Arnim (2006). “Elizabeth and Her German Garden”, p.34, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
“My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.”
“Poetry is a process of getting back to the unconscious. Hence, I am always writing-even when I'm not facing the white space. I feel writers are like reservoirs of images. We take in what is around us.”

Source : Yusef Komunyakaa, Radiclani Clytus (2000). “Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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