"One of the effects of religions getting together is that they borrow from one another. An example is the growing number of Catholics who are practicing Yoga and meditation techniques borrowed from Buddhism and Hinduism. So there are these borrowings which I think fertilize the religions."

-- Ninian Smart

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“I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot”

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“If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.”
“Our inability to see the beauty doesn't suggest in the slightest that beauty is not there. Rather, it suggests that we are not looking carefully enough or with broad enough perspective to see the beauty.”
“If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror.”
“You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the end of the day, you have no idea how the tide is going to fall. You don't know if everyone's going to like it, if everyone's going to hate it, if it's going to be like you're a media darling, or all of a sudden you're a sellout. You have no idea.”
“Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.”
“In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle attracted me. I wanted to express myself in a way that slammed people up against the wall.”
“You know, I've never actually really believed that death is inevitable. I just think it's a rumor.”

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