Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes
I'm an obsessive. When I get a problem, a question in my mind, it can take me over.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find that totally realistic for the wide swath of us, and it's also not that fun to watch.
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Every loan that we did in the City of Detroit in the 10 years they studied - between 2005 and 2014 - were conventional FHA, VA loans with average interest rates of 6%.
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I will keep working hard!
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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I have, like, 45 celeb crushes at all times - celeb and Instagram crushes. I'm such a creep.
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One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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I think the greatest privilege you have as an artist is time to nurture what you want to make; that's super luxurious. For you to rush into something, that doesn't feel fun to me. I'm living life in order to be able to write about it.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.
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Modeling is one of the few professions where women out-earn men, and that's because we're more valuable objects and ornaments.
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Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
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Metaphors of unity and integration take us only so far, because they are derived from the finiteness of the human mind.
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One can only be staggered by the hubris of modern artists if we compare them, say, to the humble builders of Chartres Cathedral whose names are not even known. The artist ought to be distinguished by selfless devotion to duty; but we forgot about that a long time ago.
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I'm an obsessive. When I get a problem, a question in my mind, it can take me over.
