Alejandro Jodorowsky Quotes
Beauty is the maximum limit we can access through language. We cannot reach the truth, but we can get close to it through beauty.
Quotes to Explore
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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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I'm looking at doing things that challenge me.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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The chi of a room is important to me. If I walk into a hotel room and it doesn't feel right, I ask to change.
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One day, I want to make a PG film.
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We always think that we're going to be young forever, and now when I wake up, I need to stretch, and I need to have my glass of water and be cognizant of what I'm doing with my body.
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Writing is something I've always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.
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I'm happily single.
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The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.
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Actually, I think business women are better women at home, if you want to know the truth because you do understand what goes into a day's work out in the world, a very nerve-racking affair.
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The skull is nature's sculpture.
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Beauty is the maximum limit we can access through language. We cannot reach the truth, but we can get close to it through beauty.
