Johan Huizinga Quotes
The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.Johan Huizinga
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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
Mahershala Ali -
Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
Barbara Kruger -
It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
Vaclav Havel -
I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
Kate Winslet -
Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
Natalie Wood -
I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
Val Kilmer
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
Larry David -
I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
Danica McKellar -
I like being unconventional.
Florence Griffith Joyner -
My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
Wallace Shawn -
The 'Vanity Fair' article was interesting to do because it was the first time I ever really had the opportunity to be absolutely truthful with a reporter about every aspect of my life.
Caitlyn Jenner -
My music is best understood by children and animals.
Igor Stravinsky
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
Zig Ziglar -
I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
Natascha McElhone -
It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
Maajid Nawaz -
Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
Vicki Lawrence -
It's a sin to be tired.
Kate Moss
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It's 2013, and you can make music anywhere. We've got laptops.
Kevin Parker Tame Impala -
Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.
Bebe Rexha -
Culture is this thing that exists apart from our real life but is something we all have tacitly agreed to in America. And what film and television do, particularly in this country, is lay out the characters involved in this invisible agreement and dictate who and what can participate.
John Cho -
Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races.
Nicolas Berggruen -
The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.
Johan Huizinga