Rebecca Traister Quotes

In the nineteenth century, in part because a ton of American men moved west, in part because of the Civil War, and in part because of trepidation about marriage, which was then a very confining institution, there was a big population of women - mostly middle-class white women on the East Coast - who didn't marry.

Rebecca Traister

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• Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.

  

  Yelawolf
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Shoulder

• Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Time
  • Team
  • Working

• For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.

  

  Ram Charan
  • People
  • Free
  • Service

• Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

  

  Daniel Dennett
  • Culture
  • Fast
  • Biology

• My parents are high school sweethearts.

  

  Becky G
  • School
  • High
  • Parents

• The public has been told repeatedly that terrorism is 'evil,' which it undoubtedly is, and that 'evildoers' are responsible for it, which doubtless they are. But beyond these justifiable condemnations, there is a historical void.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Evil
  • Beyond
  • Void

• Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • Men
  • Sympathy
  • Generosity

• I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat.

  

  Mac Davis
  • Fun
  • Song
  • Gang

• Music is how you feel.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • Music
  • You
  • Feel

• I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you have to acknowledge that there's a huge fan base for it, and these people are really sweet. You can't stereotype a 'Star Wars' fan.

  

  Ralph Brown
  • People
  • Star
  • Sweet

• Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.

  

  Zong Qinghou
  • People
  • Successful
  • Blood

• I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.

  

  Carl Bernstein
  • Good
  • Truth
  • Best

• Set politics and party aside: If it's not right for Michigan's small businesses and middle class, it's never been right with me.

  

  Gary Peters
  • Small
  • Party
  • Politics

• You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Think
  • You
  • Go

• Up to his twenty-sixth year, the heart of Ignatius was enthralled by the vanities of the world. His special delight was in the military life, and he seemed led by a strong and empty desire of gaining for himself a great name.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Life
  • Up
  • World

• Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won't do it unless my coaches tell me I've just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.

  

  Bear Bryant
  • Hate

• On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turns out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns.

  

  Margaret Thatcher

• When the mood takes me, I like to be a man of action. I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better!

  

  Andrea Bocelli
  • Action
  • Mood

• Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.

  

  Jen Lancaster
  • Writing

• If he had had no education, maybe Basho could have been a much greater poet.

  

  Nanao Sakaki
  • Education
  • Poet
  • Has Beens

• In 2001 we didn't have all the talent in the world, we just had me on offense and just a bunch of tough ass dudes, and a great coach in Larry Brown.

  

  Allen Iverson
  • World
  • Great
  • Talent

• There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and the other one is Malt Whisky

  

  R. H. Bruce Lockhart
  • Two
  • Likes
  • Scotch

• Humor works, and it's the best way to get attention without spending a lot of money.

  

  Jerry Della Femina
  • Money
  • Attention

• In the nineteenth century, in part because a ton of American men moved west, in part because of the Civil War, and in part because of trepidation about marriage, which was then a very confining institution, there was a big population of women - mostly middle-class white women on the East Coast - who didn't marry.

  

  Rebecca Traister
  • American
  • Because
  • Century