Dennis Altman Quotes

There is no such thing as a value-free concept of deviance; to say homosexuals are deviant because they are a statistical minority is, in practice, to stigmatize them. Nuns are rarely classed as deviants for the same reason, although if they obey their vows they clearly differ very significantly from the great majority of people.

Dennis Altman

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• Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • World
  • Good
  • Game

• I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Good
  • Work
  • Pretty

• It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often.

  

  Larry David
  • You
  • Day
  • Everyday

• You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.

  

  Karl Malone
  • You
  • Feel
  • Injuries

• I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.

  

  Tamzin Merchant
  • Me
  • Finding
  • Not Knowing

• I love researching, I love interviewing.

  

  Quiara Alegria Hudes
  • I Love
  • Interviewing
  • Researching

• I believe that every person, male and female, needs to be in a protective mode at all times of alertness to potential danger. The world is full of potential attacks, potential disasters.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • World
  • Believe
  • Potential

• I had a lot of alone time with no brothers or sisters running around, or anything. I would just sit and imagine things, all the time.

  

  Karen Gillan
  • Time
  • Running
  • Alone

• With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.

  

  Sam Simon
  • People
  • Know
  • See

• It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Couple
  • Missing

• The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It's eclectic but above all it's fresh, inventive and creative and that's what I love about it.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Food
  • Creative
  • Fresh

• The decisions and problems of Uruguay will be resolved by Uruguayans.

  

  Tabare Vazquez
  • Problems
  • Will
  • Decisions

• I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • People
  • Think
  • Said

• When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • School
  • High
  • Dream

• Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.

  

  Bart Starr
  • Power
  • Attitude
  • Unique

• When you are sick, you are sick. Period.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • You
  • Period
  • Sick

• That Shaw is the most egotistical thing! He hogged the camera and spent more time with the hairdresser and the makeup man than any actor on the lot!

  

  Lana Turner
  • Time
  • Man
  • Makeup

• I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to get an agent or publisher to even read the manuscript.

  

  Karl Marlantes
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Years

• Talking about straws and camels' backs is just one way of approaching things. If you have enough camels, no backs need be broken.

  

  Idries Shah
  • Way
  • Things
  • Broken

• With 'Kids React,' it started, hilariously enough, by thinking, 'Why, teenage girls seem to love 'Twilight' so much!' We went from wanting to ask them ourselves to coming up with the larger and more universal concept of a bunch of Kids reacting to viral videos.

  

  Rafi Fine
  • Girls
  • Concept
  • Universal

• I love playing with language and the rhythm of language - for some reason, this seems so much easier for me to do when I get to make things up than when writing nonfiction.

  

  Uzodinma Iweala
  • Reason
  • Language
  • I Love

• There is no such thing as a value-free concept of deviance; to say homosexuals are deviant because they are a statistical minority is, in practice, to stigmatize them. Nuns are rarely classed as deviants for the same reason, although if they obey their vows they clearly differ very significantly from the great majority of people.

  

  Dennis Altman
  • Reason
  • Majority
  • Concept