Karen Armstrong Quotes

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.

Karen Armstrong

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• I'm a bit of a 'Throny,' as I think the 'Game of Thrones' fans refer to themselves.

  

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• I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.

  

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• People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.

  

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• I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.

  

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• What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.

  

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• I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range.

  

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• If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can't we deter Iran?

  

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• I think because Sport Lux has come in and leisure wear is a new thing, girls can sneak in hoodies and leggings and so on where they wouldn't normally - it has been proper legitimate fashion.

  

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• I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.

  

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• My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry to work. It's a big iron pipe with a hunk of lead on the head. I think about how far we've come as companies from those days, where workers had to protect themselves from the company.

  

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• Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.

  

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• As an actor, I always think that if someone does pick up a phone during a performance, something dire must be happening in their lives that is more important than theatre - some kind of tragedy they were attending to, or something. It's very uncomfortable if you don't know why they would pick up a phone and talk in the middle of a show.

  

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• Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.

  

  Karen Armstrong
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  • Religion