"...history has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines."

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Paul Tillich

#Names Quotes #Doctrine Quotes #Existential Quotes

“The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about.”

Source : "Pacino's way" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. December 02, 2004.
“Thirdly-but not lastly-there was the bias toward what people saw with their own eyes, or thought they had seen. The human mind played tricks on itself when it relied exclusively on what it saw. There was a lot you couldn't see when you watched a game”
“I do think that the abiding mystery of my origins has definitely had a profound effect upon my writing. There is that thing in the back of my mind where I think I don't really know who I am. And it may make it a little easier to shift around in my narrative voice.”

Source : "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 18, 2011.
“But I also know in standup, there's nowhere to hide. You get on stage and you deliver, or you are eviscerated and you are thrown into a pile of bodies at the bottom of a mountain.”
“Battles I lose none I make crews run I get fools done, got ten fingers but only use one”

Source : Song: M.V.P, Album: Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous, 1995
“I cried at my son's sports day, for God's sake. I'm a huge baby”
“Don't try to sneak in through the window. Just come boldly onto stage, like come right through the door with your choice. Kill the judge in your head and just take action.”
“It takes a person of great care and insight to watch for any abnormality in the green grass even while it grows abundantly and healthily.”

Source : "A Personal Matter". Book by Kenzaburo Oe, 1964.

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