Dance has been transformed from an involuntary motor discharge, a ceremonial rite, into a work of art, conscious of, intended for, observation.
Sometimes I feel that 'Footloose' is the rite of passage.
Music, at the end of the day, is communicating something - emotion, a feeling, a rite of passage, where you are in life.
Condemned and executioner are not coupled in a primitive rite.
Today we are raised with the notion that to be secure is to be financially autonomous. Amassing wealth is viewed as the primary rite of passage to a secure, autonomous existence.
Whoever among men who walk the Earth has seen these Mysteries is blessed, but whoever in uninitiated and has not received his share of the rite, he will not have the same lot as the others, once he is dead and dwells in the mould where the sun goes down.
Making art is a rite of initiation. People change their souls.
Having a phone call from Steven Spielberg was just a fantastic rite of passage. I loved it, and he was very focused, very likable, strictly business, and really sharp.
My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars.
I choose to surround myself with happy human beings. I went through the angsty period. I think every single person does. I think it's a rite of passage to hate the world and feel like the victim.
Rejections are painful, but inevitable. They're every writer's rite of passage.
La ve rite existe; on n'invente que le mensonge. Truth exists; only lies are invented.
When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That's par for the course. When you're a movie star, it went with it. It's a kind of rite of passage, socially.
The dinner table is a rite of civilization and we need to participate in that to keep our families together, to keep our communities together.
When Jesus says, 'Take, eat. This is my body that was broken for you,' He says, I want my body in you. (Pause. . . shouts and claps) I want my blood in you. And every time you celebrate this rite, it is a reminder that you belong to me, and I belong to you. And he said, 'I will drink no more wine until I drink it new with you and the kingdom of God. Communion is the most romantic ordinance. Eh, Eh, Eh. (He laughs. Pause. . . the audience shouts and claps. ) It is the most romantic ordinance between two lovers.
The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite.
I'm only interested in rites of passage stories.
Death is the least civilized rite of passage.
Getting a tattoo should hurt. It's a rite of passage.
RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.
