Denis Donoghue Quotes

A critical discourse that had respect for the mystery of art would look to the sense of life which finds expression in paradox, metaphor, tautology, and syntax.

Denis Donoghue

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• Rising anti-Semitism is rarely the lone or the last expression of intolerance in a society.

  

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• We should purify our innate well of contentment - what a wonderful expression - and then external things will be in harmony with us.

  

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• The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.

  

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• We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.

  

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• Denise Mina is probably one of the most gifted writers out there, whether it's mystery or literary or whatever label you want to give it.

  

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• I certainly wanted to maintain some sense of mystery about Picard and that's why we never allowed certain situations to fully evolve, like the relationship between Picard and Beverly Crusher.

  

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• There's nothing wrong with showing sexuality. If you have that inside, it's just an expression of who you are. If you want to share that with people, that's amazing. I love that.

  

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• The most violent expression of God's wrath and justice is seen in the Cross. If ever a person had room to complain for injustice, it was Jesus. He was the only innocent man ever to be punished by God. If we stagger at the wrath of God, let us stagger at the Cross. Here is where our astonishment should be focused.

  

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• There is therefore a tremendous mystery in the fact that God may be united with man and the man with God.

  

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• A critical discourse that had respect for the mystery of art would look to the sense of life which finds expression in paradox, metaphor, tautology, and syntax.

  

  Denis Donoghue
  • Mystery
  • Expression
  • Metaphor