#nit

A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#america #american #american life #between #culture

Daytime soap operas, which I used to adore, have been declining in quality and importance for over a decade, and I gradually stopped monitoring them. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#been #daytime #decade #declining #gradually

I have been extremely pleased to support the Trust's work in the Lupus Unit ever since. Personal experience also motivated me to become involved to help raise the awareness of the disease and hopefully thereby improve the speed of diagnosis. ↗

— Elaine Paige

#awareness #become #been #diagnosis #disease

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#commandment #done #every #express #god

I see a New York where people who are down on their luck can get back on the road to responsibility, a job and dignity. ↗

— Carl Paladino

#dignity #down #get #i #i see

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#direction #into #magnitude #taken #which

Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her. ↗

— Brad Paisley

#anyone #definitely #ever #favorite #heard

I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is sorta in the eye of the beholder. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#any #behavior #beholder #enlightenment #eye

I'm always trying to reach a transcendent point, a romantic point, but reach it in a really unconventional way, a really profane way. To get to that romantic, touching, heartbreaking place, but through a lot of acts of profanity. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#always #conventional way #get #heartbreaking #i

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#community #except #guess #i #like