#mat

The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#enclose #equal #equal right #formations #great

I've always been anti-marriage for men until they become mature. As a species we don't mature until we're in our 60s. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#become #been #i #mature #men

So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had. ↗

— Carly Simon

#fashion #had #happened #i #mature

One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage. ↗

— David Simon

#actually #almost #best #contemporary #inclined

The trick to making a story matter is that every now and then, somebody you care about has to go. If it's somebody that you don't care about, then it doesn't really have - the stakes aren't there. But if you do that every now and then, then the story matters to people. And there are actual stakes involved, emotional stakes. ↗

— David Simon

#actual #care #emotional #every #go

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#among #attention #consume #consumes #creates

Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases. ↗

— John Simon

#cancer #cells #compounds #could #diseases

Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending. ↗

— Neil Simon

#ending #entertainment #go #how #know

Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word. ↗

— Alan K. Simpson

#bad #bad one #contained #distinguish #education

I was fine with everything except Maths. I was terrible at Maths. ↗

— Charlie Simpson

#except #fine #i #maths #terrible