Hanna Rosin Quotes
For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy - enforced through the rights of the firstborn son - has been the organizing principle, with few exceptions.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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In 1991, few North Koreans had ever used a telephone. You had to go to a post office to make a phone call.
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The loathing of mankind is a force that surprises and overwhelms one, fed by hundreds of springs concealed his subconsciousness. One only detects its presence after having long entertained it unawares.
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I'm happy with the way I look but I'm not Hollywood beautiful.
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If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.
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You still got that light in your eye,And our day is comin’ by and by.I’m travellin’ this long road here with you;We still gotta long way, we still gotta long way to go.
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As many critics have pointed, out, terrorism is not an enemy. It is a tactic. Because the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of today's war on terrorism merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the world.
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For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy - enforced through the rights of the firstborn son - has been the organizing principle, with few exceptions.
