Todd Gitlin Quotes

Like Americans, people outside America want fun, want an emotional compensation for the utilitarianism and calculation that mark the rest of their lives.

Todd Gitlin

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FunPeopleRestAmericaWantMark

Marvel is at its best when we see how an ordinary person has something extraordinary happen to them - whether it's Tony Stark or Bruce Banner or Peter Parker.

Jeph Loeb

BestPersonExtraordinarySeeHappen

Well, I'm not a big sports fan.

Jeff Bridges

SportsBigSports FanWellFan

I get more ambitious every decade, and I am more ambitious today than ever before. I still love the game - and the thrill of the chase.

Michael Ashcroft

LoveTodayI AmGameMoreDecade

At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with my mother related to our different beliefs. Hers was based in family history, which I didn't know anything about. I always felt hesitant in talking about Chinese culture and American culture.

Amy Tan

FamilyMotherHistoryCultureCareer

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Alvin Toffler

KnowledgePowerSourceDemocratic

That might be completely self-indulgent, to write your first major-label debut as a dedication to your family. But, you know, that's where my heart was.

Sturgill Simpson

FamilyHeartDedicationYouKnow

I'll come down the stairs, and my parents and sister will be like, 'What are you wearing?'

Suki Waterhouse

ParentsSisterYouDownStairsWill

Naturally, it is a terrible, despicable crime when, as in Munich, people are taken hostage, people are killed. But probing the motives of those responsible and showing that they are also individuals with families and have their own story does not excuse what they did.

Steven Spielberg

PeopleStoryCrimeResponsibleOwn

I like to reminisce with people I don't know.

Steven Wright

PeopleKnowReminisceLike

My fans would love to see Brian Fellow come back. I love my fans. And they like my edge.

Tracy Morgan

LoveBackEdgeSeeFansCome

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

DoorPhilosophyTryingPlaceAchieve

America changed my life, but I still think of home and working in Scotland was an important part of that.

Davy Jones

LifeHomeThinkMy LifeAmerica

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