“Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign. But I think it's a good thing. Some people thought that it was an odd career arc, but to me it made absolute sense.” PeopleThinkingWellsMadeDonePoliticalCareersComedyAbsolutesGood ThingsCampaignsOddTerritorySenateArcsSatiristUnchartedUncharted Territory Author:Al Franken
“If somebody can create an absolute system of beliefs and rules of conduct that will guide a business man at eleven o'clock in the morning, a boy trying to select a career, a woman in an unhappy love affair--well then, surely no pragmatist will object. He insists only that philosophy shall come down to earth and be tried out there.” IfsMenTryingWellsPhilosophyEarthBeliefBoysCareersMorningObjectsAbsolutesAffairGuidesUnhappyClockSelectElevenLove AffairDown To EarthBusiness ManPragmatists Book:Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest Source: Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest
“I never intended to be a historian of religion. My aim was to become a professor of English Literature in a university, but I had a series of absolute career disasters and found myself making television programs about the nature of religion and about Christian history and started to discover about other religious traditions, and that was an absolute eye-opener for me.” EyeChristianFoundLiteratureReligiousCareersTelevisionProgramTraditionAbsolutesAimSeriesUniversityDisasterProfessorsHistorianEnglish LiteratureReligious Traditions Author:Karen Armstrong