"Our desires are never wholly transparent, even to ourselves."

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Source : Mark Kingwell (2000). “The World We Want: Restoring Citizenship in a Fractured Age”, p.42, Rowman & Littlefield

Mark Kingwell

“Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.”
“Coaching sets the pace to get the best out of others while giving the best of yourself.”
“You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk rock kicked against, the pretentiousness.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.”

Source : David Ross Brower, John R. McGuire, Thomas L. Kimball (1981). “Wildlife: The Real Test of Environmental Quality”
“Any and all religions are real, the genuine article, to their practitioners. There can never be one religion, prophet, or savior that will satisfy all six billion humans. Each of us must find our ideal way to attune with deity.”

Source : Scott Cunningham (2010). “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner”, p.26, Llewellyn Worldwide
“The plain truth is we are going to die. Here I am, a teeny spec surrounded by boundless space and time, arguing with the whole of creation, shaking my fist, sputtering, growing even eloquent at times, and then-poof! I am gone. Swept off once and for all. I think that is very, very funny.”
“Taste classifies, and it classifies the classifier”

Source : Pierre Bourdieu (1984). “Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste”, p.6, Harvard University Press
“Walk through life as a Blessed Person and a Miracle Maker.”

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