Jacques Maritain Quotes
The hope of the coming of a new Christian era in our civilization is to my mind a hope for a distant future, a very distant future.
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.
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I like being unconventional.
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Twenty is a wonderful age for things to be sparked.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you want to express yourself anymore.
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But if Christians don’t get Jesus right, what chance is there that other people will bother much with him?
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I've always believed you can't predict love. You can't qualify or quantify it. Can't dissect it. Love hits you like a truck or the flu, coming up from out of nowhere to knock you to your knees. Love burns you up alive.
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I'm a physical comedian, and I don't get to show it off very often.
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The hope of the coming of a new Christian era in our civilization is to my mind a hope for a distant future, a very distant future.
