#la

even if Noam Chomsky were right about everything, the Islamic doctrines related to martyrdom, jihad, blasphemy, apostasy, the rights of women and homosexuals, etc. would still present huge problems for the emergence of a global civil society (and these are problems quite unlike those presented by similar tenets in other faiths, for reasons that I have explained at length elsewhere and touch on only briefly here). And any way in which I might be biased or blinded by “the religion of the state,” or any other form of cultural indoctrination, has absolutely no relevance to the plight of Shiites who have their mosques, weddings, and funerals bombed by Sunni extremists, or to victims of rape who are beaten, imprisoned, or even killed as “adulteresses” throughout the Muslim world. I hope it goes without saying that the Afghan girls who even now are risking their lives by merely learning to read would not be best compensated for their struggles by being handed copies of Chomsky’s books enumerating the sins of the West ↗

— Sam Harris

#noam-chomsky #faith

Right before Pamela Anderson met Tommy Lee I got this crazy script to do this incredible movie with her where I play this cop with a young partner like Brad Pitt who is in love with Pamela Anderson and he gets killed in the line of duty and she falls in love with me and it gets really crazy. I turned that down. ↗

— Hulk Hogan

#before #brad #brad pitt #cop #crazy

After some time, with my eyes closed, I began to enjoy this wonderful play of colors and forms, which it really was a pleasure to observe. Then I went to sleep and the next day I was fine. I felt quite fresh, like a newborn. ↗

— Albert Hofmann

#began #closed #colors #day #enjoy

It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#difference #every #expression #follows #fundamental

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#although #away #big #big event #boat

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. ↗

— Ben Hogan

#down #fairway #get #life #must

I enjoy being part of the entertainment industry, although I'm the laziest person that I've met yet in this business. ↗

— Paul Hogan

#being #business #enjoy #entertainment #entertainment industry

You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night. ↗

— Paul Hogan

#career #could #down #flames #foolish

Living in New York is like being at some terrible late-night party. You're tired, you've had a headache since you arrived, but you can't leave because then you'd miss the party. ↗

— Simon Hoggart

#because #being #had #headache #late-night

As somebody who's been writing about this subject for getting on twenty years now, it's astonishing how the climate has changed in the last five years. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#astonishing #been #changed #climate #five