Todd Gitlin Quotes

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.

Todd Gitlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PatriotismWantCloseComeSome

It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.

Jimmy Smits

MomentTrainingPreparationGameEnd

When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it.

Joe Rogan

PeopleThinkSomeoneEnjoyHim

You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some quality speaks to the individual.

Jill McCorkle

QualityStoryFeelYouWantReal

Being a mum changed me for the better.

Jenny Frost

MeBetterBeingChangedMum

I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to walk away from it all.

John Hawkes

WalkPeopleAchieveWhyUnderstand

As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt.

John Desmond Bernal

LifeSpaceColdWarmIndependent

I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process.

John Cusack

LoveThinkProcessLongYouNeed

When you're filming for seven months or six months at a time, you bond with people hugely.

Anna Popplewell

TimePeopleBondYouSixSeven

Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.

Trevor Dunn

CultureMarketingConsumerismDepth

I'm the worst night owl, because I'm a self-loathing night owl who thinks, 'No, I should be getting up early.' It feels unproductive. I must get over that.

Ronny Chieng

NightEarlyOwlWorstOverUp

No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude.

Rupert Murdoch

AttitudeTravelLanguageYouWithout

Sometimes a little heartbreak is a lesson, and the best thing to do is just learn the lesson.

Jon Voight

BestLearnLessonSometimesLittle

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