#entertain

The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#being #commercial #different #different kind #distract

And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. ↗

— Mark Strand

#comforts #culture #entertainment #forms #given

When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#entertainer #everyone #funeral #grandpa #i

My taste in music and entertainment is quite eclectic. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#entertainment #music #quite #taste

I love to cook and entertain. ↗

— Lela Rose

#entertain #i #i love #love

Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment. ↗

— Tina Yothers

#back #definitely #entertainment #mind #now

We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks-that's show business. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#media #news #show-business #television #business

Superman, spider man, batman, all lost their parents in their childhood, they all had to live their lives against the conspiracy of villains, and even after these miseries they don’t hesitate to save people or to forgive the villains, that’s why they are superheroes. ↗

— Abrar Ahmed chowdhury

#forgiveness