Todd Gitlin Quotes

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half or so is legitimacy.

Todd Gitlin

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PastAmericaYearFancyIn The Past

I think too many people edit themselves way too soon. There's plenty of time to edit, and it is a crucial part of it all, too.

Jill McCorkle

TimePeopleThinkWaySoonEdit

My brothers played football. In fact, I was an absolutely enormous Packer fan, and because I was raised in such a football-centric community, I have always had a terrific admiration for football players.

Ann McKee

CommunityFootballAlwaysAdmiration

I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds.

Merlin Olsen

I AmFishBigCaughtCloseAm

I'd love to see more businesses take this approach - intentionally rightsizing themselves. Hit a number that feels good and say, 'Let's stick around here.'

Jason Fried

LoveGoodSayMoreSeeHere

For the three years I was in school training to be an actor, I was told, 'It's very unlikely you'll work at all on the stage or in film', so I feel I have to take all the opportunities I can.

Dominic Cooper

WorkTrainingSchoolOpportunities

People tend to vote the present tense - not the subjective.

Diane Sawyer

PeoplePresentVoteSubjectiveTense

EDM is, like... Event-Driven Marketing, I think, is the acronym there. It reminds me a lot of disco. That had some hang-time, like, 10, 15, 17 years tops... Not too many people are forward-thinking about electronic music. They're just kinda like, 'Now, now, now - do it, do it.'

Deadmau5

MusicPeopleMeThinkDiscoNow

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Chinua Achebe

TimeWaterPeopleYouFindSay

I can't just say yes to a movie. I have to be really passionate about it.

Anya Taylor-Joy

SayPassionateYesJustMovieAbout

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

Pope Benedict XVI

SomeoneMatterOwnPriestAccepted

Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. It's not really anything; it's just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort of like luck.

Shia LaBeouf

DeterminationTalentPreparationLuck

The natural phenomenon of the universe is so mind-blowing, but you have to know about it. You have to be curious. You've got to find it on your own. If you're lucky, you do.

Richard Linklater

CuriousUniverseYouFindKnowOwn

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