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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pl

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. – Annie Dillard

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People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all. – Annie Dillard

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A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. – Annie Dillard

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Beauty saves. Beauty heals. Beauty motivates. Beauty unites. Beauty returns us to our origins, and here lies the ultimate act of saving, of healing, of overcoming dualism. – Matthew Fox

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When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase. – Bernard Berenson

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I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art – and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position. – Marcel Duchamp

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Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all. – Mario Batali

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Lack of knowledge… that is the problem. – W. Edwards Deming

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Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. – Victor Hugo

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You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and its been something Ive been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and its something I hope to continue because its interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor. – Keanu Reeves

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