"Thank God I'm an atheist."

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Insight & Reflection

Words carry weight, and Luis Bunuel's insight into religion is no exception. It serves as a gentle reminder that amidst the chaos of modern life, timeless wisdom still holds the power to guide our decisions and clarify our values.

About Luis Bunuel

Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Buñuel's works are known for their avant-garde surrealism which was also infused with political commentary.

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"The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time."

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"Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese."

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"In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival."

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"A paranoiac like a poet, is born, not made."

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"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."

— Vincent van Gogh
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"When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!"

— David Starr Jordan
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"The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness."

— Joan Miro
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"I used to lie between cool, clean sheets at night after I'd had a bath, after I had washed my hair and scrubbed my knuckles and finger-nails and teeth. Then I could lie quite still in the dark with my face to the window with the trees in it, and talk to God."

— Frances Farmer
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