"Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man."

-- Hans Urs von Balthasar

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“Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.”
“I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a human being to give up.”
“If you're still watching, write in and we'll send you a fiver each.”

Source : "Viewers cry foul over Adrian Chiles' FA Cup commentary". www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2014.
“The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.”
“Whatâ€™s the worst thing I've stolen? Probably little pieces of other peopleâ€™s lives. Where Iâ€™ve either wasted their time or hurt them in some way. Thatâ€™s the worst thing you can steal, the time of other people. You just canâ€™t get that back.”
“Take your passion and make it happen.”

Source : Song: Flashdance... What A Feeling, Album: What a Feelin', 1983
“Government-to-government foreign aid promotes statism, centralized planning, socialism, dependence, pauperization, inefficiency, and waste. It prolongs the poverty it is designed to cure. Voluntary private investment in private enterprise, on the other hand, promotes capitalism, production, independence, and self-reliance.”
“God is a fiction invented by people so they do not have to face the reality of their condition.”

Source : "The big questions". Philosophie magazine Interview. Translated by Isabelle Chaise, www.newstatesman.com. April 2007.

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