Anthony Giddens Quotes
A lifestyle involves a cluster of habits and orientations, and hence has a certain unity - important to a continuing sense of ontological security - that connects options in a more or less ordered pattern. (...) The selection or creation of lifestyles is influenced by group pressures and the visibility of role models, as well as by socioeconomic circumstances.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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A lot of what gets on the radio isn't saying anything other than somebody wants to be famous and will do whatever they're told to get it.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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I don't go to New York. I don't go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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I think hallucinations need to be discussed. There are all sorts of hallucinations, and then many sorts which are okay, like the ones I think which most of us have in bed at night before we fall asleep, when we can see all sorts of patterns or faces and scenes.
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I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.
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Zef is the underbelly of the Afrikaans culture, but it also, like, is Afrikaans culture.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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I'm very lucky to have a job that I love.
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Some actors can create characters and leave them at 'Cut!', but I work the opposite way and drag them out of me. For me, it's about fixing your fabric to fit the role.
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I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.
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There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in Iraq. And there is satisfaction in seeing that the Iraqis are successful in resisting the United States.
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It is the best feeling in the world to have a close game come down to just a couple of plays and you are able to do it.
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If most of those who took part in this one-dimensional debate were honest with themselves, they would admit that they do not in principle believe that the United States can do any good overseas for anyone but the American government, its armed forces, or privileged American elites.
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I will say this: I know no wise person who doesn't read a lot. I suspect that you can read on the computer now and get a lot of benefit out of it, but I doubt that it'll work as well as reading print worked for me.
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The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one's hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions.
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We can serve our customers well only if our buying jobs are right. You cannot sell if you haven't ordered wanted goods into your store.
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A lifestyle involves a cluster of habits and orientations, and hence has a certain unity - important to a continuing sense of ontological security - that connects options in a more or less ordered pattern. (...) The selection or creation of lifestyles is influenced by group pressures and the visibility of role models, as well as by socioeconomic circumstances.
