#controversial

A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system. ↗

— Jane Smiley

#child #controversial #every #germ #ideas

...they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and educated. Someone brilliant yet absolutely committed to the faith. Someone like my father. ↗

— Martha N. Beck

#controversial #faith #leaving #leaving-the-saints #mormonism

I still have this image: I can't be controversial, I can't say things. ↗

— Chris Evert

#i #image #say #still #things

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#controversial #course #interest #media #most

When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time. ↗

— Matt Groening

#around #came #considered #controversial #else

There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#called #controversial #humorists #issue #people

That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people. ↗

— Norman Lear

#american people #controversial #heart #people #shows

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#controversial #thinking #universe

From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#controversial #discussions #experience #health #important

But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#controversial #just #know #sex #will