#sm

That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested bastard any day of the week; at least you can play chicken with him and know he'll stick to the rules. ↗

— Mike Carey

#cynicism #religion

My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding. ↗

— Anita Diament

#converted #husband #jim #judaism #just

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent. ↗

— Anita Diament

#acting #alternative #beautiful #history #i

Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and my eyes averted. There's still that part of me that wants to hold my head up, make eye contact and smile. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

#because #contact #crowds #cult thing #days

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#always #been #completely #devoted #earnest

I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism. ↗

— Bruce Dickinson

#known #longer #myself #prism #shall

Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#earned #expensive #fortune #luck #smile

The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#government #institute #most #popular #smithsonian

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. ↗