Stephanie Coontz Quotes

Marriage has been in a constant state of evolution since the dawn of the Stone Age. In the process, it has become more flexible - but also more optional.

Stephanie Coontz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I'm a Democrat, and I have strong reasons for being a Democrat.

Jim Webb

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We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're frustrated at. It doesn't work the way we like it to work.

Jennifer Pahlka

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I'm sorry, but in my generation and where I came from, only sailors got tattoos. Not ladies.

Andie MacDowell

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Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.

Anna Held

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Growing up, the only Asian face I saw on air was Connie Chung or extras on M*A*S*H. That was it. You could either be Chinese delivery guy No. 4 or maybe one day read the news.

Su-chin Pak

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Because President Obama had an overall strategy, military and civilian leaders under his command could make reactive decisions that advanced the president's goals. In the military, we call that commander's intent: When there's a decision to be made and you don't have exact guidance at that moment, you at least know overall what your boss wants.

Jason Kander

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Tweeting is the go-to medium for the show-off and the shyster.

Craig Brown

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I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

Ciara

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That is the best instruction you could ever give a poet: whether you're examining a bad line in a poem or a bad motive for action, keep well your repining - meaning, don't ignore the honest muttering in your head.

Alice Oswald

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He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

William Gilmore Simms

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We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to improve our schools as long as we keep the A, B, C, D, F grading system.

William Glasser

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I think you have to chase your life even harder than you chase your career.

Renee Elise Goldsberry

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