Monica Hesse Quotes
Long before the writer Gillian Flynn popularized the concept of the insufferable 'Cool Girl,' who doesn't exist except in men's fervent fantasies, Hugh Hefner dreamed her, undressed her, and put her in his magazine.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture.
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God forbid that women have fantasies.
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I love the concept of community energy.
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The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.
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When we talk about dystopias, especially in young adult fiction, a lot of them are essentially science fictional futures. They aren't necessarily tied to the traditional concept of dystopia. And so in that space, my impression is that kids love reading about weird, wild, adventurous places, and dystopia fits that bill.
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I do not find the concept of consorting with unknown persons appealing.
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Theatricality is a concept. It's not a specific language.
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Movies are romantic fantasies.
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The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder if they have ever paused to ask themselves the question: What is the alternative to coexistence?
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With regard to my case, the concept has been called a 'sign of the apocalypse' and listed under the News of the Weird.
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I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler.
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The dramatic sufferings of adults and all the cruel fantasies of those of my own age, who seemed abandoned to their own impulses in the midst of so many catastrophes, appeared to inscribe themselves on the walls around me.
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No matter how far apart we are, don't forget that we're still under the same sky, both traveling to the place we once dreamed of.
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Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic principle of how to be a human being.
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In the mere concept of one thing it cannot be found any character of its existence.
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The Darwinian concept of the survival of the fittest has been substituted by a philosophy of the survival of the slickest.
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We danced our youth in a dreamed of city, Venice, paradise, proud and pretty, We lived for love and lust and beauty, Pleasure then our only duty. Floating them twixt heaven and Earth And drank on plenties blessed mirth We thought ourselves eternal then, Our glory sealed by God’s own pen. But paradise, we found is always frail, Against man’s fear will always fail.
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I was reduced to pure concept. My flesh had dissolved; my form had dissipated. I floated in space. Liberated of my corporeal being, but without dispensation to go anywhere else.I was adrift in the void. Somewhere across the fine line separating nightmare from reality.
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In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture.
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The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
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Long before the writer Gillian Flynn popularized the concept of the insufferable 'Cool Girl,' who doesn't exist except in men's fervent fantasies, Hugh Hefner dreamed her, undressed her, and put her in his magazine.
