Closed world structures — Aspects of our contemporary experience that “tip” the immanent frame toward a closed construal. See also spin; take.

Age of Authenticity

Age of Mobilization

Ancien regime

Buffered self

Cross-pressure

Excarnation

Exclusive humanism

Expressive individualism

Fragilization

Fullness

Immanent frame

Immanentization

Maximal demand

Modern moral order

Nova effect

Porous self

Reform

Secular 1

Secular 2

Secular 3

Secularism

Social imaginary

Spin

Subtraction stories

Take

Transformation perspective

Unthought

I like to work a lot with wood. I make furniture that falls apart. I also sew.

From the day he took office, President Obama has been open to any good idea when it comes to the budget, as long as supporting middle-class families remains our North Star. Republicans won't extract concessions over the full faith and credit of the United States.

Planning a career, I always find that such a tricky thing, because I don't have much of a plan, really.

Injuries aren't anything foreign to me. I am used to overcoming illness and injury; you can't complain about it. When you're standing up there on the blocks, it doesn't really matter: it's all about the next minute.

I took a psychology class, and I think the study of the mind can help me further my acting ability. It's also taught me about getting into an environment with new people and acting like you've known them forever.

I used to dream about presenting a comedy show and also about directing films.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Choices determine character.

To be honest, I've never been interested in how many games I've done and seen. It doesn't mean anything to anybody. All I know is I'm eternally grateful for having been allowed to work so many games.

I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.

It's difficult to wear such high Louboutins and also freestyle rap.

Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.

Don't be afraid to try something new.

My mom had started to go to work when I was nine or ten, so I was aware of women trying to find their own identities by working. But I was still influenced by men to such an extreme. I wanted to play their games and wanted to compete in their world and be like them.

Being inducted into the songwriting hall of fame by Clive Davis, that was pretty memorable.

That's the thing about time travel you're always moving forward, even when you go back.

The Bible is meant to be down-to-earth. It was written for real people facing real issues.

There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.

I am normally the manly-ish girl on the planet.

People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions.

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.