Arlie Russell Hochschild Quotes

If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

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TogetherPeopleActionChoiceYoung

Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people too.

Jim Valvano

TimePeopleMeEndKnowImportant

The Comedy Store in LA, it's a really loose room and it's really dark and creepy and a great place to explore your own thoughts onstage.

Joe Rogan

GreatThoughtsComedyDarkPlace

Tennis was a white, upper-class sport, and I wanted it to be treated like other sports were.

John McEnroe

SportsWhiteTennisLikeWanted

We need to have a modicum of faith in people's common sense, creativity and will to survive and prosper even in the face of great difficulties and obstacles. If people could keep society running in the aftermath of the Black Death, they could keep it running after the U.S. government defaulted on its debt.

Robert Higgs

FaithGreatCreativityDeathPeople

As a child I always had a sense of social conditions and political situations. I think it had to do with the fact that my mother was always discussing things with my sister and me - also because I read a lot.

Tracy Chapman

MotherChildMeSisterThinkAlways

Too many writers get stuck in the trap of writing what they think is funny and not considering who they are writing it for.

Robin Thede

FunnyWritingThinkGetStuckTrap

I actually started an adult book, worked on it for about two years, and then decided it just wasn't coming together for me, and thought I'll go back to children's books, and almost immediately I started 'Holes,' and it just seemed to take off on me.

Louis Sachar

ChildrenTogetherMeBookThought

Doo never actually made moonshine, but he hauled about an ocean of it.

Loretta Lynn

OceanNeverMadeHeAboutActually

I've often accused my grandchildren of never having seen one of my films.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

GrandchildrenNeverSeenOftenFilms

I'm always proud to wear the colours of Spain.

David Silva

ProudAlwaysWearSpainColours

I love watching movies with happy endings or anything with Steve Martin or stuff like that.

Bonnie Tyler

LoveHappyMoviesWatchingAnything

I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong. I don't know how to explain it more. It's universal. Some people are better at dealing with it, and they sleep with no pain - not pain, arguments. I've grown quite comfortable with being at war.

Brad Pitt

MyselfPainSleepWarPeopleBetter

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