"Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane ... In his encounters with the Sacred, man experiences a reality that does not belong to our world yet is encountered in and through objects or events that are part of the world."

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Source : "Das Heilige und das Profane". Book by Mircea Eliade, 1957.

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“Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be an extrovert socially. But I'm not always comfortable with the idea of small talk at a party.”
“I have known heaven, and now I am in hell, and there are mimes.”
“But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of a people or a society, even if they are wars of survival for certain businesses or, more accurately, business models. Thus we must keep i mind the other values or objectives that might also be affected by this war. We must make sure this war doesn't cost more than it is worth. We must be sure it is winnable, or winnable at a price we're willing to pay.”
“Anybody who pretends to be objective isn't realistic.”

Source : William Klein, Walker Art Center (1989). “Cinema outsider: the films of William Klein : a nationally touring retrospective”
“Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.”
“After a stronghold has been made of the bones, it is covered with flesh and blood, and there dwell in it old age and death, pride and deceit.”
“Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.”
“I want to try and stay focused on the next game. I'm pretty good at doing that, but to be there right now, it has been a blessing up to this point. Being here in Montreal and being healthy and playing with this group of guys.”

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