Peter L. Berger Quotes
The sensible person reads the sociological journals mainly for the book reviews and the obituaries, and goes to sociological meetings only if he is looking for a job or has other intrigues to carry on.Peter L. Berger
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
Samuel Johnson -
Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
Dakota Johnson -
Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
Pat Barker -
A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
Ida Tarbell -
The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
Walter Cronkite -
I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
Harrison Birtwistle
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
Ramez Naam -
As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
Caitlyn Jenner -
The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
Rachel Hunter -
William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
Patrick Stewart -
If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.
Sammy Hagar Van Halen -
It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
Ted Cruz
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Beelzebub is the isolated part of the human being. This part or this real human being has been obscured by religious structures.
Youssef Ziedan -
Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
Manuel Puig -
The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
Pam Ferris -
I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
Halle Berry -
If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
Olivia Wilde -
I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
Manuel Puig
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Thousands of women are crushed and made inarticulate by that system and never develop as their natures would force them to develop were they in a decent environment.
Agnes Smedley -
I was really into Black Sabbath, but heavy guitars can really be very limiting, it's a great frequency and it's great fun to listen to but on the other hand, musically you can do a lot more without it.
Kip Winger -
'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book.
Pat Barker -
Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold it up for a year.
Ed Lee -
The sensible person reads the sociological journals mainly for the book reviews and the obituaries, and goes to sociological meetings only if he is looking for a job or has other intrigues to carry on.
Peter L. Berger