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• Do I observe holy days and holidays? Yeah, the ritual is very important to me. It's part of being Ukrainian Catholic. So every holy day we're baking pierogis and not eating meat.

  Vera Farmiga

  Holiday, Holy Days, Catholic

  "Vera Farmiga on “Higher Ground”". Interview by Aaron Ross, www.motherjones.com. August 26, 2011.

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• Atheism is not a religion. One of the things, in fact, that atheism lacks are the kinds of rituals that religion does provide and I would be the first to say that.

  Susan Jacoby

  Atheism, Doe, Would Be

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• I think Latin American cultures are really rich and fascinating. I like the pomp and circumstance of some of their rituals and ceremonies.

  Bitsie Tulloch

  Latin, Thinking, Culture

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• It may be a product of me being raised in episcopal church, but I have a love for ritual and theater and the significance of doing the exact same thing over and over. So I really love knowing every little thing I'm going to do during a show.

  Jonathan Meiburg

  Knowing, Church, May

  "Shearwater". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. April 24, 2007.

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• That is the problem with comedy in India. Spoofing sells. Come up with original comedy about the hilarious nation we are, with funny accents and odd rituals, and we get into trouble.

  Cyrus Broacha

  India, Comedy, Problem

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• To me, I like and understand ritual and I think it is important. Things that we do that give us comfort are important. Like Christmas, I like to go into a church and hear the carols sung. There's a comfort of actually going inside of a church, I find them serene. They're unchanging.

  Steve Coogan

  Thinking, Giving, Important

  "Steve Coogan Doesn’t Believe In Fairies". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 25, 2013.

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• If something gets under my own skin, and keeps reoccurring, it starts to take on a certain weight and value, and I think, "I have to put this in the song. I have no choice but to mention Greek Cypriots in this song." It's a little internal challenge to myself. Like creating little imaginary rituals in yourself to help the song go from nonexisting to existing.

  Andrew Bird

  Song, Thinking, Creating

  Interview with Genevieve Koski, music.avclub.com. January 20, 2009.

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• I participated in many different rituals, but for me, I'm very spiritual and I believe that there's definitely be a greater force that defines us and leads us. For sure. No question for me.

  Masiela Lusha

  Spiritual, Believe, Different

  Source: thecelebritycafe.com

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• I've never really topped myself, because awards in themselves really don't reflect major accomplishment. It's kind of a strange, backslapping ritual that we go through in this town where you get awards for almost everything. For surviving the day you're going to get awards.

  Rod Serling

  Awards, Accomplishment, Towns

  Source: www.rodserling.com

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• Milla Jovovich introduced me to [anthropologist and author of the Don Juan series of books involving shamanic peyote rituals] Carlos Castaneda because I was all into the hallucinogens for a minute.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Book, Peyote, Juan

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When we travel for research our strategy is to simply move from kitchen to kitchen. It's truly a wonderful way to travel - food shopping, cooking and eating in one home for lunch and then another for dinner. The process of cooking takes us immediately into the rituals and rhythms of daily life and also places us firmly in the position of learners. We were meet with incredible generosity by all of the families we ate with.

  Jon Rubin

  Moving, Home, Shopping

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• It's something that exists on a daily basis on practically every street in India. You have people who are Hindus, Muslims, Christians - not just Catholics, but Protestants, you name it, all kinds of Christians - a hundred other religions, living side by side. And the kind of personal religion that people end up practicing is a bizarre concoction of ritual drawn from each other. So everybody ends up celebrating everyone else's festivals.

  Anita Rau Badami

  Christian, Names, People

  Source: www.bookbrowse.com

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• I pray. I try to find space to process with a walk on the beach, a hike in the hills. Nature is restorative. I also try not to overreact. I grew up in Ireland, and we are big tea drinkers, and I think it's less about the tea itself and more about the ritual and the moment to prepare.

  Roma Downey

  Beach, Thinking, Space

  "Actor Roma Downey: Being inspired by kindness and the centering ritual of tea". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It's good to do things that are out of the norm. I'm a creature of habit and I like to stay in my own little comfort zone, but you have to reach out of that sometimes. And when you do that, you grow. And growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day. And that's one of the things that I say to myself as far as a ritual that I have every day: "What can I do today to make it better than it was yesterday?"

  LaToya Jackson

  Yesterday, Growth, Get Better

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• I have an elaborate wind-down ritual, which combines reading, ESPN, movies, and jamming the blues on my keyboard. There's still a part of me that's a little kid who is psyched because I no longer have a bedtime!

  Tohoru Masamune

  Reading, Kids, Wind

  "Tohoru Masamune: Pursuing Dreams and Embracing Chaos". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• For one thing, the Catholic Church in particular has this one thing - confession - in which you could go, confess to a priest and obtain absolution of your sins. And there was a routine and a ritual and I think - I think that it did help.

  Susan Jacoby

  Thinking, Catholic, Church

  "'Strange Gods' Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 17, 2016.

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• "The way of Cain" describes any religious system that attempts to earn God's favor by works and rituals rather than reliance on God's grace.

  Robert Jeffress

  Religious, Grace, Cain

  Dr. Robert Jeffress (2016). “Not All Roads Lead to Heaven: Sharing an Exclusive Jesus in an Inclusive World”, p.49, Baker Books

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• Various religions offer a variety of theories about life, death, and eternity. And yet, as different as all religions are, they share one common characteristic: they teach that the way to be reconciled to God is through works and rituals.

  Robert Jeffress

  Different, Way, Common

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• Establish a closing ritual. Know when to stop working. Try to end each work day the same way, too. Straighten up your desk. Back up your computer. Make a list of what you need to do tomorrow.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Trying, Way, Lists

  Source: time.com

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• I don't really have a ritual. On the car rides over to the racetrack, I just make sure that the right songs are on.

  Darrell Wallace Jr.

  Song, Car

  "Darrell Wallace Jr. Continues to Pave New Roads in NASCAR". Interview with Kimberly Wilson, www.theroot.com. March 1, 2016.

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• I think people, if you really want to be happy, you have to find God yourself, and you're going to have to have a personal, one-on-one relationship and not look to get through these traditions or these rituals and all this crazy stuff when you could talk to him right here, right now, anytime, anywhere, any place, from any position. And that's the kind of relationship you want, not a standard.

  Ice Cube

  Crazy, Thinking, People

  "Ice Cube Says Hollywood Isn't Cool Enough, Adds: "I'm Ready to Run a Studio"". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 25, 2016.

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• So the Great Santini was how he liked being referred to by his children. He would line up his seven children, and there was this ritual we'd go through. And he would say, who's the greatest of them all? And we - the seven - would say, you are, oh, Great Santini. And he would say, who knows all, hears all and sees all? You do, oh, Great Santini. So this was the ridiculous way I was raised.

  Terry Gross

  Children, Lines, Way

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• Henceforth, whilst there are a great many theories and models proposed as to how, or why, magic works (based on subtle energies, animal magnetism, psychological concepts, quantum theory, mathematics or the so-called anthropomorphic principle) it is not a case that one of them is more 'true' than others, but a case of which theory or model you choose to believe in, or which theory you find most attractive. Indeed, from a Chaos Magic perspective, you can selectively believe that a particular theory or model of magical action is true only for the duration of a particular ritual or phase of work.

  Phil Hine

  Believe, Animal, Perspective

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• People do need a social license to go, "Ha ha ha," and have a good time. It's a strange thing. There's a lot of social ritual around comedy and laughter. It's a bonding experience for groups, but nobody can tell you much about how funny somebody is. Sometimes people just need to be in a group and be laughing together, just like they need to be in a group in watching some really terrifying film.

  Dylan Moran

  Laughter, People, Laughing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm thinking like the character in order to be as authentic as I can. But after a while, how would I be able to cleanse myself from this unless I do something that's a different medium but also creative. That's what I do. It's my little ritual. After every filming, I just write a poem about it and my character specifically and I can let her go.

  Masiela Lusha

  Writing, Character, Thinking

  Source: thecelebritycafe.com

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