We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.
It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.
This is what language does: organize the world into manageable, and in some sense artificial, units that can then be inhabited and manipulated.
It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are.
Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.
Freedom of speech is not an academic value. Accuracy of speech is an academic value; completeness of speech is an academic value; relevance of speech is an academic value. Each of these is directly related to the goal of academic inquiry: getting a matter of fact right.
The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'
I'm at best on stage. It's one of the only places where I actually can feel like a million bucks.
I believe love is what makes the world go round. No matter how old or young, love is why we are here. It is the very essence of one's being.
There are no rules. Nothing you can do will take you to liberation; therefore, nothing you avoid will help you along the path to liberation. . Everything is liberation.
As an actor, you can have your own backstory and prepare all the details that you need to know for your character.