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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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 filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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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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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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Ozon.ru is made up of four businesses. Ozon.ru is an online retailer, O'Courier focuses on shipping, Ozon.Travel, and our most recent acquisition, Sapato, the leading online shoe and accessory retailer.
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Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.
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Sometimes photographing people is like pulling teeth, trying to get some sort of personality.
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Big nations should not bully smaller ones. Disputes should be resolved peacefully.
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There are many creeds but only one faith. Creeds may change, develop, and grow flat, while the substance of faith remains the same in all ages. The overgrowth of creed may bring about the disintegration of that substance. The proper relation is a minimum of creed and a maximum of faith.
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Ein Künstler ist, wer sein Centrum in sich selbst hat. Wem es da fehlt, der muss einen bestimmten Führer und Mittler ausser sich wählen.
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I love going on book tours because it's an opportunity to connect with the people that matter most to my brand.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?
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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
