Stephanie Coontz Quotes

The origins of modern marital instability lie largely in the triumph of what many people believe to be marriage's traditional role - providing love, intimacy, fidelity, and mutual fulfillment. The truth is that for centuries, marriage was stable precisely because it was not expected to provide such benefits.

Stephanie Coontz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 31, 1944

Topics

LoveMarriageTruthLiePeople

I spend a lot of time working by myself developing songs, but I really need some other counterpart to help me pull it all together, because you go nuts working if I had to finish an entire project all within my own head.

Andrew Bird

TimeMyselfTogetherMeHelpYou

I was just 13 when 'The Big Chill' was released in late September 1983, so I didn't catch all of its nuances when I sneaked into the theater to see it. But I could tell one thing for sure: These people were grown-ups.

Meghan Daum

PeopleChillLateSeeTellBig

It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.

Maya Angelou

MorningHeartTimeLightPastBack

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.

Anita Desai

HistoryPastCuriousIndiaPlace

I usually don't write at night, but there are times where I wake up at 3 in the morning and write all night.

John Searles

MorningNightWake UpWriteUpWake

I'm one of those people who doesn't want to miss out on anything.

Amy Purdy

PeopleWantOutAnythingMissWho

I'm always looking for other interesting films to either act in or direct.

Steve Buscemi

LookingInterestingAlwaysActOther

Like many dads I know, I've long been motivated in all aspects of my life by my love for my children - and my desire to make the world better a better place for them, my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren.

Tom Carper

LifeLoveChildrenWorldBetter

I like to be working and moving - the worst thing you can do to me is stick me in a room all day while you're lighting a shot. That just kills me.

Robert Carlyle

DayMeMovingYouWorstRoom

The task is to investigate speech sounds in relation to the meanings with which they are invested, i.e., sounds viewed as signifiers, and above all to throw light on the structure of the relation between sounds and meaning.

Roman Jakobson

LightSpeechMeaningStructureTask

I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be.

Mila Kunis

SpeakThinkActorWillProtectMore

Skinny jeans are usually my go to jean. I do bootleg every once in a while, boyfriend jeans I feel like are so hard to pull off! Skinny jeans are very easy and you can kind of pair anything with them and it will work: heels and boots or nice top or flouncy top.

Ashley Greene

WorkFeelBootsEasyYouNice

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