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Todd Gitlin Quotes

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality: american

Topics

History Vulnerability Repeat May

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.

Life Father Mother Live Wonderful

You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing the rest of my life doing that.

Life Losing Rest My Life Doing You

Men don't know how to act like men sometimes. Take the trash out. Open up the door. Rub my feet. I mean, it's a two-way street!

Men Door Feet Know Sometimes Street

I didn't get into comics as a stepping stone.

Stone Stepping Stone Stepping Get

I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from.

I Am Fun Think Questions Powerful

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

Arnold J. Toynbee

Man City Walking Trap Powers

Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.

Experience Black Situation Up Where

I grew up a little north of New York City and went to high school at Regis, an all-boys tuition-free high school in Manhattan.

School New York City High School New

I fell in love with stories watching a British television puppet show called 'Thunderbirds' when it first came out on TV, about 1965, so I would have been 4 or 5 years old. I went out into the garden at my mom and dad's house, and I used to play with my little dinky toys, little cars and trucks and things.

Love Mom House Television Play Toys

Fall Out Boy never pretended that we were anything but pop-rock.

Fall Boy Never Out Anything Were

It was important for me early on to find the voice of each character and figure out what was unique about them and their individual worldview that I could use for comedy or conflict.

Character Me Conflict Voice Comedy

I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues.

Time Thinking Talking Lawyers Person

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