#ode

Secret ceremonies in which malevolent men and women cloaked in hooded robes, hiding behind painted faces and chanting demonic incantations while inflicting sadistic wounds on innocent children lying on makeshift alters, or tied to inverted crosses, sounds like the stuff of which B-grade horror movies are made. Some think amoral religious cults only populate the world of Rosemary's Baby, but don't exist in real life. Or, do they? Ask Jenny Hill. ↗

— Judy Byington

#crime #cult #dissociation #dissociative-identity-diroder #human-sacrifice

David Boreanaz is actually a very good director and he directed one of our episodes. Excellent director, knew exactly what he wanted. We never had long days with David. He was great, he knew exactly what he wanted and he's a fantastic director. ↗

— Michael Clarke Duncan

#david #days #directed #director #episodes

My parents are artists; in their world, in the world of modern artists, you are supposed to just go into your studio and tune everything out, and your entire relationship with your work is supposed to be a super private one. That was the way to do it and you weren't deeply truly artistic if that wasn't the way you were engaging the press. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#artists #deeply #engaging #entire #everything

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model. ↗

— Jasmine Guy

#approval #approve #aspire #church #family

The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we will continue to pursue further EU sanctions. ↗

— William Hague

#appalling #cities #continue #end #erode

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions. ↗

— Will Durant

#codes #conditions #environmental #moral #themselves

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers! ↗

— Dante Hall

#because #good #guys #influence #look

The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to walk undisturbed in the ways of our fathers. ↗

— Edith Hamilton

#each #fathers #generation #leave #minds

People think if you're a model then you must take yourself way too seriously. ↗

— Shalom Harlow

#must #people #seriously #take #then

Is this the situation in the modern Conservative party? That women should be seen and not heard? ↗

— Harriet Harman

#conservative party #heard #modern #party #seen