"Not only does the democratic state of mind stem from the inspiration of the Gospel, but it cannot exist without it."

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Source : Jacques Maritain (2012). “Christianity and Democracy, the Rights of Man and Natural Law”, p.36, Ignatius Press

Jacques Maritain

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“Theres something in music that fascinates me - how it communicates emotion so immediately. Thats something I wanted in my paintings.”

Source : "Manhattan rhapsodies" by Andrew Purcell, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2009.
“I don't know if God exists and I don't care. God's will and design for this temporal and spatial vastness, if any, is so patently, deliberately impenetrable that I doubt any mortal has a grasp on it. The very inexplicability of sad events like the tsunami, like the AIDS crisis or even like the cancer death of the father of one of my daughter's 2nd-grade classmates last week are, to me, reminders to focus on our obligations to one another, not to the infinite; to honor the creator, if any, by honoring creation itself and hoping that's good enough.”
“You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats." "It is an engaging quality, Emerson." "That depends," said Emerson darkly, "on how he likes them.”
“I had an amazing experience working with great people. I had a great family, a typical family with drama in certain areas, and that's pretty much everywhere in everyone's life.”
“We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique, you have to think 'I'm me, I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and producers have to get you into a box, to accommodate their limited imaginations.”

Source : "I'm not in that league" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2004.
“I learned to act by watching Martha Graham dance, and I learned to dance by watching Charlie Chaplin act.”
“It's human nature to work on ourselves, to get better in mind, body, and spirit, so there's nothing wrong with trying to live life to your fullest potential.”

Source : "Origin Series: Mad Men And The Walking Dead actor Josh McDermitt". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself”

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