Stephanie Coontz Quotes

Contrary to myth, 'The Feminine Mystique' and feminism did not represent the beginning of the decline of the stay-at-home mother but a turning point that led to much stronger legal rights and 'working conditions' for her.

Stephanie Coontz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherBeginningLegalStrongerHer

Right now I'm single. Single, and loving it.

Jody Watley

LovingNowRightSingle

If you can find ways to give people hope that they can achieve something or make a difference, then there's an opportunity for something good to happen.

Jeffrey Skoll

GoodOpportunityHopePeopleYou

Truman Capote is really an interesting cat.

Steve Earle

InterestingCatReallyTrumanCapote

I'm afraid of happy people. They're chemically unbalanced.

Shirley Manson

HappyPeopleAfraidHappy People

I like watching old stuff. I like old Al Pacino movies. 'Serpico.' 'Dog Day Afternoon.'

RJ Cyler

DogDayMoviesOldWatchingStuff

The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

Ronald Firbank

WorldComplainWhomKnowsHardly

When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down.

Loudon Wainwright III

ParentHouseDownCardsWholeDies

Hope changes everything, doesn't it?

Diane Sawyer

HopeChangesEverything

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.

Denholm Elliott

JoyFindSomethingEnglishWhole

Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.

Christian Dior

LifeMy LifeDressesEverythingBeen

America's health care system is the most complicated and expensive in the world.

Christy Turlington

HealthWorldCareAmericaSystem

I believe that a large part of the training in the regional theaters is in imitation of the British style of acting. The British orientation is textual; they start from the language and work toward the character.

Arthur Penn

WorkCharacterStyleTrainingStart

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