Tim Jackson Quotes

Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us.

Tim Jackson

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SearchRelentlessCageIronOwnUs

Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.

Joan D. Vinge

HumanObsessionImmortalityUniversal

I really wanted it to be organic and coming from my heart. So, I think maybe the initial thought of wanting to go in that direction, I had to wait until things happened in our world and in our country that fired me up enough where the words came out organically.

Joan Jett

HeartWordsMeWaitWorldThink

A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that I call the the semi-blues.

Joan Jett

PeopleMeThreeWhyExploreAsk

Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff.

Jennifer Egan

GoodTimePresentYouWriteWell

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public.

Maya Lin

MindMeMineIdeaPartPublic

I use a Clarins sunscreen every day, even in winter; it's the secret to keeping beautiful skin even as you get older.

Jeanne Damas

WinterBeautifulDayYouSkinGet

Though it is perhaps expected for the bishop of Rome to warn against the idolatry of money, what is striking is how Francis suggests that not only God but also secular politics must outrank economic imperatives.

Anand Giridharadas

GodMoneyPoliticsRomeAgainstHow

There's a lot of closeted nerds out there.

Simon Helberg

OutNerdsLot

I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation.

Travis Barker

TransportationPlacesBeingGoing

I am going to certainly endorse the Republican nominee, and obviously it looks like that will be Mr. Trump.

Ron Johnson

I AmLooksWillRepublicanGoingAm

The striking thing about love and will in our day is that, whereas in the past they were always held up to us as the answer to life's predicaments, they have now themselves become the problem.

Rollo May

LifeLoveDayPastProblemBecome

I think that the reason for my success is that I am really not aspirational. I am inspirational in that the people at home feel like they can really relate to me.

Rosie O'Donnell

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