#or

I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across. ↗

— Pink

#artwork #as far as #casting #completely #everything

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#conscientious #difficult #felt #guns #had

I’m conflicted. On one hand, I want to stay in and catch up on The Vampire Diaries, but there’s this really awesome restaurant I’ve been wanting to try out. ↗

— Jessica Sorensen

#funny #jessica-sorensen #the-vampire-diaries #funny

My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them. ↗

— Pink

#always #art #books #favorite #films

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun. ↗

— Pink

#before #charting #course #easier #ever

But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#coming #depend #genetically #information #many

By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#discoveries #exploring #fearful #honest #intellectual

I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#arts #believe #confusion #elite #endeavor

People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#because #claims #clash #connections #empirical

Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage? ↗

— Steven Pinker

#baggage #down #emotional #empirical #how