Susan Faludi Quotes

The media and the rest of popular culture weren't recording people's reactions to 9/11; they were forcing made-up reactions down people's throats.

Susan Faludi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 18, 1959

Topics

CulturePeopleRestMediaDownWere

I've been a Raider all my life.

Jim Otto

LifeMy LifeBeenRaiderAll My Life

There's a general impulse to distract the grieving person - as if you could.

Joan Didion

YouPersonGeneralImpulseDistract

You don't realize how much a dog's presence defines the contours of your home until, in its absence, the walls seem to relocate themselves.

Meghan Daum

DogHomeWallsYouRealizePresence

I don't think that every child in America is going to necessarily aspire to, you know, a four-year degree from a liberal arts college or a certain kind of life. I think that people should learn to be excellent in the thing that they choose to do.

Angela Duckworth

LifeChildPeopleCollegeThinkYou

Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.

Stephen Graham Jones

PeopleBornChristmasSome People

I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.

Amy Adams

ThinkFantasyMoreOpenBeingJust

The thing that I've learned is that there really is no joy, and nothing ever good is going to come from negativity. Those are thoughts that, even if you were presenting an honest version of yourself, there's just no point in sharing.

Stephen Amell

GoodYourselfJoyThoughtsYou

At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes.

LL Cool J

OutStartedFourteenDemoSending

One day, I can come up with 50 content ideas, and I'm like, 'Boom, I want to do this idea, this idea, this idea.' I have a YouTube notebook, and I write them all down. Then other days, I'm like, 'I have no clue what I want to do today.' I rarely have days like that.

JoJo Siwa

TodayDayIdeasDownI CanWant

I strongly believe that you can't win in the marketplace unless you win first in the workplace. If you don't have a winning culture inside, it's hard to compete in the very tough world outside.

Douglas Conant

CultureWinWinningWorldBelieve

I think the genre of comics sometimes overtakes the medium, and people assume that they are kind of frivolous. If you have a good, strong story teller, they can be as affecting as any character in literature. Period.

Chip Kidd

GoodCharacterPeopleStrongThink

I just play because I enjoy the sport.

Christian Pulisic

EnjoyPlayBecauseJustSport

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