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Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#conservatism #contemporary #denial #ideology #ostensibly

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#contention #described #forthright #george #longer

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#common #common sense #community #enlightenment #left

If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story. ↗

— John Lasseter

#animated #animated films #animation #back #bad

People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do. ↗

— Bill Laswell

#conventional #electronica #music #people #play

What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds. ↗

— Bill Laswell

#elements #i #just #music #pretend

Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents. ↗

— Peter Latham

#given #intents #medicine #oftentimes #poisons

The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be more truthful and a little more intimate of a medium. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#background #broad #camera #format #intimate

You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#being #combination #fame #having #intentions

You basically have a group of four spies who are chosen for a mission they feel for the fact of how competent they are and how their expertise and they're the right one for the job. But ultimately they find out they've been actually chosen for their incompetence. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#basically #been #chosen #competent #expertise