#orient

I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse. ↗

— Thomas Wilson

#anyone #anything #being #hired #i

I mean, in general, the danger is from Oriental faiths and Islam. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#faiths #general #i #islam #mean

The Orient and Islam have a kind of extrareal, phenomenologically reduced status that puts them out of reach of everyone except the Western expert. From the beginning of Western speculation about the Orient, the one thing th orient could not do was to represent itself. Evidence of the Orient was credible only after it had passed through and been made firm by the refining fire of the Orientalist’s work. ↗

— Edward W. Said

#middle-east #orientalism #west #islam

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort. ↗

— Thomas Lynch

#eventually #generally #having #hoop #i

Attempting to write vocal oriented songs to me felt like going through the motions and if you are going to go through the motions you might as well just do any gig that caused you to do repetitive motions like banging a hammer or serving fries. ↗

— Ronnie Montrose

#attempting #banging #caused #felt #fries

In terms of sexual orientation I don't really feel I've changed. I don't feel there was a hidden part of my sexuality that I wasn't aware of. I'd been with men all my life, and I'd never fallen in love with a woman. But when I did, it didn't seem so strange. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#been #changed #did #fallen #feel

The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#asia #country #drove #into #invader

Grace is everywhere as an active orientation of all created reality toward God. ↗

— Karl Rahner

#created #everywhere #god #grace #orientation

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#also #awakening #confusing #consciousness #disorienting

Also, schools share some responsibility and should offer helpful orientations that include general information about such recruitment efforts on their campuses. ↗

— Rick Ross

#also #campuses #efforts #general #helpful