"Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid."

-- Muriel Spark

#Death Quotes #Surprise Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“How much filth there is in the church, even among those who, in the priesthood, should belong entirely to Him. How much pride, how much self-sufficiency.”
“I just look back on my season [2004] as a year where I've had to prove myself. I've had to fight all the way through to the end.”
“In features, one of the goals is to have the audience walk out, fully satisfied. In today's world, it's maybe wanting a sequel.”
“The priesthood in many ways is the ultimate closet in Western civilization, where gay people particularly have hidden for the past two thousand years.”
“When I started, DJs weren't in the media, electronic music wasn't in the sales charts and a DJ was the freak in the corner who provided the music while other people had fun. So to do it, you must have been a freak and a music lover.”
“Power thrills, consistency kills.”
“No matter what happens, the world can be pretty ridiculous and people be pretty ridiculous, but how would you react? That's an easy filter to put any story through.”
“Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.”

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