#ian

If the Obama administration is this afraid of Glenn Beck, how do they deal with the Iranians? ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#afraid #beck #deal #glenn #how

We seek in one another the assurance that there is just one correct interpretation of the world, that everything is so simple that anybody can see it unless they're malicious or stupid or willfully ignorant; and we punish one another for proving with our differing conclusions that the truth is not that easy. We think we must suppress dissension to present the unified front we need to gain power over our enemies. But there are pro-life Democrats, pro-choice Christians, feminists who love their families, and conservatives who care about poor people. ↗

— Alisa Harris

#politics #social-justice #faith

It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#about #brilliant #build #draw #gift

My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#any #conscious #conscious decision #decision #i

A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#christian-behavior #joy #behavior

I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian. ↗

— Adam Ant

#i #punk #rocker

How would that premise stand up if he examined it? That was probably why the Communists were always cracking down on Bohemiansism. When you were drunk or when you committed adultery you recognised your own personal fallability of that so mutable substitute for the apostles' creed, the party line. Down with Bohemianism, the sin of Majakowski. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#communism #drink #morals #religion #religion

I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade and wanted to become writers and comedians. ↗

— Judd Apatow

#brigade #citizens #city #comedians #entering

I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#i write #job #know #piano #play

I still don't know what Episcopalian means. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#i #know #means #still