Stephanie Coontz Quotes
... what's been building since the 1980's is a new kind of social Darwinism that blames poverty and crime and the crisis of our youth on a breakdown of the family. That's what will last after this flurry on family values.
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The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.
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Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours.
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'American Idol,' for me, is fizzling out. They can't package me, man... I'm an artist that's created this concept but used the 'American Idol' machine as a marketing tool.
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I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice.
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Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.
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God makes everything in perfect time, and he doesn't give you anything you can't handle.
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My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate.
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I left home when I was just 17, finished up high school, and went to work.
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No one ever bugged Jack Nicholson. When we made 'Witches,' and people were standing around to see him, he'd just come out and say, 'Hi everybody!' I was lucky enough to go with him to a Lakers game, too, and he was always friendly. No one bothers Jack, because he makes himself so accessible.
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It's fantastic to strive towards a nice life where you eat nice organic food and your children go to a nice school and you can afford nice clothes and nice perfume and the hypoallergenic make-up. But there's never a day goes by, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, that I don't think about where I'm from.
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I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.
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Parvesh Cheena is a real treat for the ladies.
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I never use the word 'I' when I interview someone. I think it's irrelevant.
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Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.
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Plus léger qu'un bouchon j'ai dansé sur les flots.
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I would love to do a play, but I don't know about musical theatre. I've never done anything like that.
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Scientists generally are really chicken about getting involved in some kind of dispute. As a broadcaster, I find it very difficult to urge them, if it is a controversial subject. They don't want to have science being portrayed badly.
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It would take one million men, one hundred years
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Your demons may have been ejected from the building, but they’re out in the parking lot, doing push-ups.”)
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I think that we have a great opportunity to impart our wisdom and our knowledge and our experience to this younger generation. It may be different times, but experience transcends time, and wisdom transcends time.
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Its focus wasn't on the written word but how the word was written.
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... what's been building since the 1980's is a new kind of social Darwinism that blames poverty and crime and the crisis of our youth on a breakdown of the family. That's what will last after this flurry on family values.
