Mircea Eliade Quotes
To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in completely doing away with religious behavior.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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For the first time I'm free to be myself.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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I just love the hours of the theatre, I love the way it operates. I always say that when you're doing a play it's like getting a shot of B12, and when you do television for a long series you need a shot of B12.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even halfway through. Our bass player, whose name is also Nate, ended up reading all three novels and loved them.
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When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.
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If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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You shouldn't go around the world behaving ruthlessly when you don't have to. Sometimes you do have to. There is only so much pie to go around. If you're going to take more than your fair share of pie, as socialists would look at it, then someone else is not getting his. That means you've got to take it away from them.
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If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out of the way.
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In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.
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I have always had great respect for former president Mandela. The personal sacrifices he made in order to achieve what was right for the people of South Africa is something I carry with me every day.
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Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience of making it that I didn't want to do anything that could reflect it.
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I've come to realize I'm more spiritual than I am religious. What I mean by this: As far as praying to God goes, I'm more about looking inside for inner guidance - tapping into our own abundantly powerful inner resources - which, I suppose, is where some might say God does indeed reside.
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I guess I'm just quite observant and I pay attention to a lot of things. Human behavior really fascinates me.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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[Our troops in Iraq and Afganistan] does give us the ability to make sure that we are strengthening those folk who are interested in building up their countries rather than destroying them, and doing so in a way that is sustainable and doesn't put a constant burden on the amazing men and women that we've got in uniform.
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To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life never succeeds in completely doing away with religious behavior.
