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“We are all just trying to be holy.”

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Book:Crush

Source: Crush

“Basically, I'm a very spiritual person. I'm very tempted to renounce almost everything. Perhaps it's because of my Catholic upbringing. I have this tendency to want to renounce things that have any bad effects at all, because their good effects are always offset by their bad effects.”

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Author:Robert Crumb

“The idea of false renunciation (self-sacrifice) is not contained in the teachings of the Christos. This idea of renunciation was created by a Roman Catholic Church hungry for money and power. It is truly the time to eliminate all images of the suffering Christ: bloody and beaten, weak and tortured. These images are designed to fill the Catholic with tremendous feelings of guilt; the horrible misconception that because of their sins Christ Jesus had to suffer such nightmarish torture and death. Nothing more diabolical, nor more evil, can be imagined than filling the hearts and minds of young people with guilt that will live inside of them for the rest of their lives!”

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Book:Alien Parasites: 40 Gnostic Truths to Defeat the Archon Invasion!

Source: Alien Parasites: 40 Gnostic Truths to Defeat the Archon Invasion!

“There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed to enjoy them.”

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Author:Jack White

“Unfortunately, when someone asks me for a favor, I cant say no. Because of my upbringing - my Catholic guilt - if I dont do it, it plagues me.”

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Author:Bradley Cooper

“The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.”

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Author:Oliver Herford

“I think once a Catholic, always a Catholic. You never escape. I still have Catholic guilt. It is in its basis a really powerful religion and a really strong set of beliefs. They permeate my work in many ways.”

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Author:Guillermo del Toro

“It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.”

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Author:Brendan Behan

“I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.”

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Author:Bono

“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”

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Author:Therese of Lisieux

“St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.”

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Author:Charles Madigan

“I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check.”

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Author:Edward Burns

“It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it”

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Author:Christopher Meloni

“I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.”

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Author:Jack White

“I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.”

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Author:Edna O'Brien