“Sometimes there was a serious article on a hot topic, and I especially remember one by a bishop headed "Is Nudity Salacious?" The bishop thought it need not be, if encountered in the proper spirit, but he gave a lot of enlightening examples of conditions under which it might be, in his word, "inflammatory." There wasn't much nudity in our neck of the woods, and I enjoyed that article tremendously.” IfsNeedsSometimesMightRememberSpiritConditionsExampleSeriousHotWoodsEnjoyedNecksArticlesTopicsEnlighteningBishopsNudityHot Topic Book:The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books Source: The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books
“Most public persons do not market themselves as cheating lowlives - certainly not politicians (okay, maybe a few rock stars.) But most people try to present a somewhat appealing persona, which is why sex is still a hot topic.” PeopleTryingPersonsStillsStarsSexRocksPoliticianOkayHotCheatingTopicsRock StarPersonaHot Topic Author:Roxanne Roberts
“People sometimes focus on the red button hot topic issues and I'm, like, you know, who cares about priestly celibacy? I'm thinking about how am I forgiving my enemies? How am I turning the other cheek? How am I loving my neighbor as myself? To me that's 10,000 times more difficult than to say should priests be married or not be married? I'm, like, I think we're wasting all out energies on the wrong thing. Let's work on the most difficult stuff.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldSometimesCareEnergyStuffDifficultEnemyIssuesFocusLike YouMarriedRedHotForgivingNeighborPriestsCheeksButtonsTopicsWho CaresBeing MarriedWrong ThingsCelibacyTurn The Other CheekHot Topic Author:Lino Rulli
“My father, Benjamin Shiller, told me not to believe in authorities or celebrities - that society tends to imagine them as superhuman. It's good advice. People are snowed by celebrities all the time. In academia people have this idea of achieving stardom - publishing in the best journals, being at the best university, writing on the hot topic everyone else is writing about. But that's what my father told me not to do. He taught me that you have to pursue things that sound right to you.” PeopleWritingBelieveIdeasFatherSoundImagineAchieveAdviceTaughtAuthorityHotUniversityPursuePublishingJournalTopicsGood AdviceAcademiaSuperhumanStardomHot Topic Author:Robert J. Shiller
“Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies.” PastBitsMiddleHotTopicsMiddle AgedBaddiesHot Topic Author:Sally Phillips
“Education is key. We have to keep girls in school and give them the same opportunities that boys have. They need access to vocational training and mentorship, as well. It's an issue of gender equality, which is fortunately a hot topic right now, but we need to keep at it and not rest on our laurels.” NeedsGivingWellsSchoolGirlOpportunityBoysIssuesKeysRight NowTrainingHotGenderAccessTopicsGender EqualityLaurelsHot TopicVocational Training Author:Gillian Anderson
“Prayer doesn't sound like a cool hot topic that would cause people to rush to the theatre, stand in line, and buy tickets about prayer.” PeopleCausesSoundLinesPrayerHotTheatreTicketsTopicsHot Topic Author:Stephen Kendrick
“Steampunk is...the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama” ChildrenDramaHotTopicsCostumesChildren LoveSteampunkHot Topic Author:Gail Carriger
“Everything in the media is fleeting. Don't get the wrong idea. Fame is when you're still the hot topic next week or even the week after.” StillsIdeasNextWeekMediaFameHotTopicsFleetingNext WeekWrong IdeasHot Topic Author:Miki Aihara
“The profitable part of the online business is very likely several years away. Entering the business because it's the hot topic of the day doesn't make a profitable business nor satisfied customers. That's why it will be a part of Nintendo's strategy, not the mainstay, as other companies are attempting to do. There still are too many barriers for any company to greatly depend on it.” YearsStillsCompanyDependsHotStrategyCustomersSatisfiedBarriersOnlineTopicsEnteringAttemptingProfitableNintendoSatisfied CustomersHot TopicProfitable Business Author:Satoru Iwata
“Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance.” IfsWayGivingRunningFilmMovingIssuesHotStudiosFasterExploitationTopicsRelevanceBucksHot Topic Author:Robert Rodriguez
“Interestingly, human irrationality is a hot topic in economics at the moment. Behavioural economics it's called, on the cusp of economics and psychology.” HumansMomentsPsychologyEconomicsHotTopicsIrrationalityCuspHot Topic Author:Evan Davis