Elsie Clews Parsons Quotes

A society's apprehensiveness about divorce is an expression of its fear of change and of its resulting desire that personality remain unvarying.

Elsie Clews Parsons

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• I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.

  

  Carl Paladino
  • World
  • Political
  • Party

• I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.

  

  Samina Baig
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • Important

• As a team, we have a lot of work ahead of us in FY16 and beyond, but I am confident that, working together, we will make Microsoft a leader in the mobile-first, cloud-first world.

  

  B. Kevin Turner
  • World
  • Work
  • Together

• It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.

  

  Ian McLagan Small Faces
  • Up
  • Now
  • Tough

• I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.

  

  Iris Johansen
  • World
  • Live
  • Write

• I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.

  

  Beck Bennett
  • Up
  • Great
  • Because

• Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell.

  

  E. F. Benson
  • Man
  • Proud
  • Pride

• Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school and later graduated in law at the University of Benghazi at the age of 21.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • School
  • High
  • Age

• I love music.

  

  Isaac Hayes
  • Music
  • Love
  • I Love

• Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.

  

  Dan Gertler
  • Want
  • Dreams
  • Invest

• What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.

  

  Harlan Coben
  • People
  • Life
  • Family

• Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.

  

  Yuna
  • Job
  • Artist
  • Forget

• I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Family
  • Very
  • Roots

• Love is a credulous thing.

  

  Ovid
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Thing

• Winning is no longer just the outcome. It's part of the process.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Winning
  • Process
  • Just

• Most of the people who make decisions about global health are in the U.S. and Western Europe. There, the mental health care system is dominated by highly trained, expensive professionals in big hospitals, who often see patients over long periods of time. This simply can't be done in rural Africa or India. Who the hell can afford that kind of care?

  

  Vikram Patel
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• I spent some time in India and thought I might write about Hinduism. But it's so far removed from my experience I couldn't even get my mind around it to write about it.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Experience

• It's as simple as you can explain all of 'Dallas.' We're a dysfunctional family forced to stay together.

  

  Patrick Duffy
  • Family
  • Together
  • Simple

• Companies the size of PepsiCo is like running a little republic, there is no question about it. The only difference is that I don't have to worry about the media hounding me every day, on every word that I say. I have a board of directors that runs the country in the interest of the stake holders.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Country
  • Running
  • Question

• And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with.

  

  Jeremy Irons
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.

  

  Ian Fleming
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Words

• There are people today who look to fear to take us out of fear. But I believe that there are many, many more people who would look to love.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • People
  • Believe
  • Today

• It’s hot under my veil, I have a headache, and I’m so ashamed. … Am I strong enough to keep going?

  

  Nujood Ali
  • Strong
  • Keep Going
  • Veil

• A society's apprehensiveness about divorce is an expression of its fear of change and of its resulting desire that personality remain unvarying.

  

  Elsie Clews Parsons
  • Change
  • Desire
  • Personality