#we

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

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

#his #joe #like #mccarthy #senate

I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#elated #extremely #i #successful #surprised

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#astronaut #attractions #being #completely #flying

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#both #branches #could #multiple #road

What made us different from other westerns was the fact that 'Gunsmoke' wasn't just action and a lot of shooting; they were character-study shows. ↗

— James Arness

#different #fact #just #lot #made

Most shows, you really have to force it. And everybody's nervous, and the network is nervous, and they've all got their notepads out, and they're all going to give notes on what they think is funny, and everybody's trying to spin their jokes, and this was so - the script was so good that we didn't have to really do anything, and it made it so easy for us to do well. ↗

— Will Arnett

#easy #everybody #force #funny #give

The clarification of visual forms and their organization in integrated patterns as well as the attribution of such forms to suitable objects is one of the most effective training grounds of the young mind. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#clarification #effective #forms #grounds #integrated

Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather. ↗

— Ilka Chase

#famous #history #mention #might #traitors

Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn't as hunky-dory like it was. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#both #cancer #everything #fighting #get