Todd Gitlin Quotes

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given.

Todd Gitlin

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EnvironmentFurnitureEverydayHuman

I'm a method actor as well as a method singer.

Jill Scott

ActorSingerWellMethod

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

John Adams

PoliticsWomanYouWriteMustWord

I've played roles that aren't expected of an Asian.

John Cho

AsianExpectedRolesPlayed

Most Americans know we are in a mess, and as they look at Donald Trump, they believe he is the one leader who can reverse the downward death spiral of this nation we love so dearly.

Robert Jeffress

LoveLeaderDeathBelieveLookKnow

The movements which I make I cannot possibly repress because, at the time, I am actually the idea I am interpreting, and naturally I picture my players and auditors as in accord with me. I know, of course, that my mannerisms have been widely discussed.

John Philip Sousa

TimeI AmMePictureKnowBeen

To my mind, there was no one in the world like my father. Wherever he was, there was magic in the air.

Rose Kennedy

FatherMindWorldMagicAirLike

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

Moliere

WorldBetterPlaceBetter PlaceNone

I asked myself, 'What are you going to do with your life? Are you going to be like everyone else or are you going to do what's right?' I just made a decision. I said, 'It's time to grow up. It's time to start living for the Lord, do things the right way.' I accepted the Lord, and it changed my life.

Luke Scott

LifeTimeMyselfDecisionStartYou

The overall thinking of the shortstop covers the overall context of the ballgame. You have to know the count they'll hit-and-run on. You're thinking of the speed, not only of the runner at first base, but the runner at the plate. You have to know how fast the pitcher is on a particular day.

Lou Boudreau

DayThinkingSpeedYouFastKnow

We can't have a failure in Iraq, but we also can't be there for the next 10 years because if we are, it's going to become, I think, a failure in and of itself.

Dennis Ross

FailureThinkBecomeYearsGoing

It did not prepare me for writing or 'Power of Attorney.' However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check.

Christopher Darden

PowerMeWritingOfficePrepareOut

I don't have to prove my innocence to the court or to the news media.

Corrine Brown

MediaInnocenceNewsProveCourt

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