Stephanie Coontz Quotes
The idea that academics should remain ''above the fray'' only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.Stephanie Coontz
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
Narendra Modi -
Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
Quincy Jones -
I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
Laura Hillenbrand -
I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
Harlan Coben -
I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
Sam Kinison -
There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
Dan Brown
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
Flea Jane's Addiction -
The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
Saint Ambrose -
My brother is really, really slow.
Usain Bolt -
Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
Edna Ferber -
I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
Karl Malone -
I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent gross margins; you can't exist in an Apple world because they want 30 percent, and they don't care that you only have 7 percent to play with.
Gabe Newell
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I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.
Nat King Cole -
Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa -
I'm totally myself.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible.
Adam Garcia -
Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo.
Camille Paglia -
When I first started working on 'Staying Dead,' I got some well-meaning but negative feedback from industry folk because - back in 2001 - epic fantasy was still the big thing, alternate history a tight runner-up.
Laura Anne Gilman
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When I decided to be an actor, years ago, I just said, 'Look, I'm not going to do this unless I can be the best,' but I don't know what 'the best' is.
Eddie McClintock -
A huge amount of success in life comes from learning as a child how to make good habits. It's good to help kids understand that when they do certain things habitually, they're reinforcing patterns.
Charles Duhigg -
Even now I don't consider myself skinny, but I have put a lot of hard work into my body over the years, and in the process, I've really learned to love myself.
Kelly Osbourne -
As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.
Oliver North -
It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
Lady Gaga -
The idea that academics should remain ''above the fray'' only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.
Stephanie Coontz