#enter

There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion. ↗

— J.I. Packer

#self-centeredness #religion

Indeed this gentleman's stoicism was of that not uncommon kind, which enables a man to bear with exemplary fortitude the afflictions of his friends, but renders him, by way of counterpoise, rather selfish and sensitive in respect of any that happen to befall himself. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#selfishness #sensitiveness #stoicism #respect

If the Net becomes the center of the universe, which is what seems to be happening, then the dizzying array of machines that will be plugged into it will virtually guarantee that the specifics of which chip and which operating system you've got will be irrelevant. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#becomes #center #chip #dizzying #got

However, intention needn't enter in, and if a reader sees things in a religious way, and the work is dogmatically acceptable, then I don't see why it should not be interpreted in that way, as well as in others. ↗

— James Schuyler

#enter #however #i #intention #interpreted

If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center. ↗

— Tupac Shakur

#buy #center #department #family #get

Little pieces of advice like that can provide us with months' worth of entertainment. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#entertainment #like #little #little pieces #months

I wasn't a 'Star Trek' fan, yet I knew who all the characters were. that goes to show what an impact the show had not just in entertainment but in life. I knew who Chekhov was and I knew who Kirk and Spock were, although I probably had never seen the show. ↗

— Marina Sirtis

#characters #chekhov #entertainment #fan #goes

The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#educating #entertaining #every #found #had

In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#american #available #been #before #entertainment

Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' Robust debate is necessary in a democratic society. Instead, our discourse has been relegated to media spin by expert entertainers. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#automatic #been #debate #democratic #democratic society