#go

Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#change #come #drop #go #going

I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#believe #clouds #god #holiness #i

In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that it was very difficult to speak about God, because when we confront the ultimate, we are at the end of what words or thoughts can do. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#because #christian #clear #confront #difficult

Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He went around doing good and being compassionate. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#around #being #christians #compassionate #deal

Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#been #central #compassion #conformity #doctrine

Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#allowed #became #because #charter #conflict

It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#farewell #going #simpler

The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#apollo #chained #demonstrating #forever #further

You've got loves of your life and breakups of your life, that kind of thing. They leave a mark. It stays with you, a bad aftertaste. ↗

— Jules Asner

#got #kind #leave #life #loves

When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

#astronomical #bets #country #gave #got