Stephanie Coontz Quotes

It no longer makes sense to see singlehood and marriage as two distinct and stable social categories that should be accorded different legal rights and social esteem.

Stephanie Coontz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MarriageLegalTwoSeeRightsSense

I had never written anything. And I had never studied writing. So my motives were pure: I had a great story... a courtroom drama that I sort of fictionalized, and that became 'A Time to Kill.'

John Grisham

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Fermat said he had a proof.

Andrew Wiles

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A great deal of the work I do involves the military.

Ander Crenshaw

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By 2003, every fool was getting into real estate. The checkout girl at my local supermarket handed me her newly printed real estate agent business card.

Robert Kiyosaki

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There will always be storytelling, whether it's on the big silver screen, or it's your television or your iPhone or whatever, people will keep on telling stories.

Stellan Skarsgard

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The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature.

Robert Fortune

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A true initiation never ends.

Robert Anton Wilson

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Nothing will turn you into more of a 'Star Wars' fan than being on a 'Star Wars' set. When you see how lovingly that world is rendered by the set designers, costume designers, props department, art department, they genuinely build an actual world. That is not an exaggeration. They build a world.

Riz Ahmed

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Business and the state have a common interest; not an adversarial interest.

Roy Barnes

BusinessInterestCommonState

Internationally, President Obama has adopted an appeasement strategy. He believes America's role as leader in the world is a thing of the past. I believe a strong America must - and will - lead the future.

Mitt Romney

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I think when it comes to decisions, I try not to be emotional. To drown out the noise and look at the important facts.

David Tepper

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I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.

Donald Trump

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