"It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer."

-- Virginia Woolf

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“New York is appalling, fantastically charmless and elaborately dire.”
“True zeal is connected with a holy life. It is remarkable how often the greatest zealots for God, the Church, and sound doctrine (as they regard it), have been unholy and even immoral in their lives.”
“I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk.”

Source : Anita Loos (1974). “Kiss Hollywood good-by”, Viking Adult
“I have my way of doing things.”
“What they say about footballers being ignorant is rubbish. I spoke to a couple yesterday and they are quite intelligent.”
“I chose to be a photographer twenty-two years ago, but I don't know that I'd make that choice again. Back in the early eighties, I still thought I was doing okay, trying to order and shape the world with my camera. Now that I know a bit more about living and dying, about our planet and its complex problems, I'm a lot less comfortable with my images of people. Still, I haven't a clue what else to do.”
“When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time for songwriting.”
“"The way of Cain" describes any religious system that attempts to earn God's favor by works and rituals rather than reliance on God's grace.”

Source : Dr. Robert Jeffress (2016). “Not All Roads Lead to Heaven: Sharing an Exclusive Jesus in an Inclusive World”, p.49, Baker Books

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