"The acute experience of great beauty readily evokes a nameless yearning for something more than earth can offer. Elegant splendor reawakens our spirit's aching need for the infinite, a hunger for more than matter can provide."

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Source : Thomas Dubay (1999). “The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet”, p.56, Ignatius Press

Thomas Dubay

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“A lot of people said I could be a good player. I just wanted the opportunity to show it. I just let it happen.”
“Where's my tax form? Where's the file that's supposed to hold my W-2 form and interest statement? Where's the mileage log I specifically asked be kept last year?? Where's the monthly check summary? And who's been stuffing Visa receipts in the aluminum foil drawer??!! How embarrassing. I'm surrounded by idiots and I'm the only one in the office.”
“I don't like to use the words "real women," honestly. I like to use the word woman. And I say that because there are so many women out there who are naturally thin, or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman it gets misconstrued and starts to offend people. At the end of the day we just all want to be known as women or models or actresses or whatever.”

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“I dont wear makeup on the court, but I always wear sunblock. I love getting done up and wearing makeup away from the court though!”
“Never be too absorbed by your own ambitions to encourage those of your family.”
“Mechanical reproduction emancipates the work of art from its parasitical dependence on ritual.”
“Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence.”
“When I lost my friends, it was because I had used the power of giving on them recklessly. I swept into their lives with my big fat checkbook, and I erased years of obstacles for them overnight - but sometimes, in the process, I also accidentally erased years of dignity.”

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