"It is always the task of the intellectual to "think otherwise." This is not just a perverse idiosyncrasy. It is an absolutely essential feature of a society."

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Source : Harvey Cox (2013). “The Secular City: Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective”, p.270, Princeton University Press

Harvey Cox

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“I was 12 when my parents told me we were moving to Lebanon. I remember thinking, 'Leba-who?' I had absolutely no concept of the place.”
“I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everything from heavy Catholicism to followers of Indian spiritual masters to Unitarian universalists - all in one family. Though the family aspect was stronger than any particular dogma.”

Source : Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. July 12, 2007.
“Confined to common life thy numbers flow, And neither soar too high nor sink too low; There strength and ease in graceful union meet, Though polished, subtle, and though poignant, sweet; Yet powerful to abash the from of crime And crimson error's cheek with sportive rhyme. [Lat., Verba togae sequeris, junctura callidus acri, Ore teres modico, pallentes radere mores Doctus, et ingenuo culpam defigere ludo.]”
“I've only half-admitted I'm a professional. I know I am, I've paid my dues, but one of the things I could do better when I'm acting is to really be rigorous and to think I know how to do it. To use my brain.”

Source : "'Sometimes I think this is so undignified'". Interview with Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2010.
“The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.”
“I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When we give ourselves over completely to the spirit of the dance, it becomes a prayer”
“Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life.”

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