"No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only. Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race."

-- William Faulkner

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“The compelling thing about making artâ€”or making anything, I supposeâ€”is the moment when the vaporous, insubstantial idea becomes a solid there, a thing, a substance in a world of substances. Circe, Nimbue, Artemis, Athena, all the old sorceresses: they must have known the feeling as they transformed mere men into fabulous creatures, stole the secrets of the magicians, disposed armies: ah, look, there it is, the new thing. Call it a swine, a war, a laurel tree. Call it art.”
“Success depends on how many experiments you can fit into 24 hours”
“She's kind of a walking poem, she's this perfect beauty...but at the same time very deep, very smart.”
“It's my instinct more than my voice that keeps me on top.”
“We do not seek an agreement with the [Palestinian] Arabs in order to secure the peace. Of course we regard peace as an essential thing. It is impossible to build up the country in a state of permanent warfare. But peace for us is a mean, and not an end. The end is the fulfillment of Zionism in its maximum scope. Only for this reason do we need peace, and do we need an agreement.”
“I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.”
“All paths do not lead to truth. There is no path to truth, it must come to you.”
“Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.”

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