#hang

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

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

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

For the last three years, I've been working on 'Bromst,' and that's all that encompassed my brain. And now that it's out, it will change the way that I think musically. ↗

— Dan Deacon

#brain #change #i #i think #last

But I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle. ↗

— John Deacon

#always #been #being #bit #changed

For me, the family is more important, of course! I don't want to change my family, or situation, for work. But I think it is possible for these things not to fight each other. ↗

— Paz Vega

#course #each #family #fight #i

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up. ↗

— Cat Deeley

#being famous #changed #famous #grown #hasn