Stephanie Coontz Quotes
Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain "above the fray" only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.
Stephanie Coontz
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
Jack Kevorkian
When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
Edgar Wright
Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
Hallie Ephron
Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.
B. H. Liddell Hart
The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization.
Wendy Kopp
We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way.
Nate Silver
I used to hate performing in front of anybody, but I was forced to sing in front of family, at family gatherings. Then it slowly developed, and I started to love it.
Fleur East
In most cases, no one asks what I think, and so for me to be ready to volunteer it unprompted, I have to feel very ready to accept whatever is coming next.
Allison Williams
My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going.
Billy Joe Saunders
I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.
Lasse Hallstrom
For high school, everything is about what you wear, how you come to school, and in high school, a lot of people judge you. So fashion is something that can save you - at least, it saved me.
Lele Pons
Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain "above the fray" only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.
Stephanie Coontz
