#ang

Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#changed #consolation #crutch #evidence #harm

There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces. ↗

— Edgard Varese

#basis #changing #constantly #different #different shapes

Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians. I mean, only see Asians. ↗

— Yani Tseng

#asians #hard #i #mean #monday

No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than the United States, and few societies are more intellectually aware of the nature of the issues that have to be faced. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#change #faced #few #forces #intellectually

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#artistic #atlantic #between #central #economic

Goth culture, as mired in the past as it is, even it goes through changes, so Goth when I was growing up is not what it is now. When I think of Goth culture as it is at the moment I think of mall culture. ↗

— Jhonen Vasquez

#culture #even #goes #goth #growing

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#alter #aspire #consciousness #deep #infiltrate

Audrey had an angelic quality about her. She didn't act like she was better than everyone, she just had a presence, an energy, a sort of light coming from within her that was overwhelming. ↗

— Kevyn Aucoin

#audrey-hepburn #beauty #light #beauty

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#find #go #helpless #novelist #out

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#change #country #direction #engaged #i