Erving Goffman Quotes
All the world is not, of course, a stage, but the crucial ways in which it isn’t are not easy to specify
Quotes to Explore
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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Commercials capture your attention, that's all.
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For makeup, a bit of blusher - what you call bronzer - a bit of an eye, and an eyelash curler.
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I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.
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It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software.
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It's hard for me to generalize about kids and divorce. I think every family's experience is different; some kids are devastated by it, others relieved, and so forth, no matter what generation they're from.
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I used to hate stilettos. It took me a lot of time to understand how to walk in them and look graceful. And eventually, you realise their importance.
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I feel like I'm meant to be a mom.
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We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality.
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Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.
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Having an education is invaluable.
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My next book is Scene by Scene: as Seen by Fay Wray. It'll be about different incidents. Just my feelings about quite a few people. Attitudes. My thoughts about the universe and simple things like that.
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God is the water, and you are the faucet.
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On the one hand I have very traditional values: I'm looking for love and want a baby one day. On the other hand, I have a secret and rebel side, that I maybe took from an Australian mom who handed down to me the love for adventure and freedom. And sometimes I feel a bit offbeat.
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If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
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The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.
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The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art world doesn't know my films.
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All the world is not, of course, a stage, but the crucial ways in which it isn’t are not easy to specify
