#controversial

A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system. ↗

— Jane Smiley

#child #controversial #every #germ #ideas

I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old. ↗

— Erik Satie

#age

...they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and educated. Someone brilliant yet absolutely committed to the faith. Someone like my father. ↗

— Martha N. Beck

#controversial #faith #leaving #leaving-the-saints #mormonism

I still have this image: I can't be controversial, I can't say things. ↗

— Chris Evert

#i #image #say #still #things

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view. ↗

— Bjorn Borg

#compelling #controversial #different #fascinated #i

Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives the world by perceiving one's sense-data, or something like that. ↗

— David Chalmers

#because #controversial #data #like #more

From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#controversial #discussions #experience #health #important

But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#controversial #just #know #sex #will

Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#certainly #controversial #discussed #i #i think

For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#care #change #controversial #facets #her