#pre

Jeans represent democracy in fashion. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#fashion #jeans #represent

In practice, I've had a presence in China since 1998 with my commercial spaces and shops. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#commercial #had #i #practice #presence

I have the ability to see results six months later and there's no better feeling. We impact on thousands of people in the world. And in New York, which is the roughest, when people appreciate what we're doing, it puts the Simoniz back on the apple. ↗

— Curtis Sliwa

#apple #appreciate #back #better #doing

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#always #been #doing #freedom #individuality

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#brings #i #i think #lot #out

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#bent #centuries #curb #developed #did

The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#clearly #expressed #islam #muslims #put

Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that before one can have any comprehension of the loyalty and trust of faith, one must first force one's mind to accept a host of incomprehensible doctrines. But this is to put the cart before the horse. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#any #before #cart #comprehension #doctrines

Well, the idea of God as a supreme being means that he is simply like us, writ large, and just bigger and better, the end product of the series; whereas this divine personality that we meet in the Bible was, for centuries, regarded simply as a symbol of a greater transcendence that lay beyond it. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#better #beyond #bible #bigger #centuries

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#little #mastered #much #next #next year