"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject."

-- George Santayana

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“There are so many little girls who follow me and look up to me. Im their role model, so I have to make sure Im always being professional and not putting any swear words out there - just really putting positive things out there on the Internet.”

Source : "Gymnast Jordyn Wieber on Staying Focused and Crushing on Justin Bieber". SELF interview, www.self.com. June 27, 2012.
“Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.”
“Like driftwood spares which meet and pass Upon the boundless ocean-plain, So on the sea of life, alas! Man nears man, meets, and leaves again.”
“Say, ye oppress'd by some fantastic woes, Some jarring nerve that baffles your repose; Who press the downy couch, while slaves advance With timid eye, to read the distant glance; Who with sad prayers the weary doctor tease, To name the nameless ever-new disease; Who with mock patience dire complaints endure, Which real pain and that alone can cure; How would ye bear in real pain to lie, Despised, neglected, left alone to die? How would ye bear to draw your latest breath, Where all that's wretched paves the way for death?”
“I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.”

Source : "Sarah Gadon Is New Class' 'Most Likely To Wear A Corset'". Interview with Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. September 30, 2011.
“I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence is the key. It really is like colonialism. The colonies suddenly decide that they can and should exist with their own personality and should detach from the control of the mother country. At first the colony is perceived as being treacherous. It's a betrayal. Ultimately, it can be seen as the separation of a partner that could be very valuable as an equal rather than as something you dominate.”
“I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers.”

Source : "Book Release: The Melting Season". Interview with Natasha Clark, www.elle.com. January 22, 2010.
“There is no lasting pleasure but contemplation; all others grow flat and insipid upon frequent use; and when a man hath run through a set of vanities, in the declension of his age, he knows not what to do with himself, if he cannot think; he saunters about from one dull business to another, to wear out time; and hath no reason to value Life but because he is afraid of death.”

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