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Ellen Willis Quotes

By continually pushing the message that we have the right to gratification now, consumerism at its most expansive encouraged a demand for fulfillment that could not so easily be contained by products.

Ellen Willis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: December 14, 1941 - November 9, 2006

Topics

Now Right Consumerism Fulfillment

Satisfying every vision that fans have is probably impossible.

John Harrison

Vision Impossible Fans Every

Slavery didn't break up the black families as much as liberal welfare rules.

Andrew Young

Slavery Black Rules Up Break Much

I became very attentive to customers because I was desperate not to have people leave and never come back.

Andrew Cherng

People Back Never Leave Customers

I work day-to-day on C# and .Net and work at home two days a week so I can do deep thinking, writing and reflecting.

Anders Hejlsberg

Work Home Writing Deep Thinking Two

Not everyone is born to run a $4 billion company. There is no magic formula. I've learned, and I've grown by learning. That's why I've enjoyed being in business so much: It's stretched me.

John Mackey

Learning Business Me Magic Born Run

Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards.

Robert Burton

First Kingdom Ancient Been Almost

It's very hard to talk about Palestine to Jewish people - they see me as a betrayer.

Miriam Margolyes

People Me Talk Hard Jewish See

I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary.

Julia Roberts

Me Performance Clothes Act Off

I have written about some truly great writers - John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, and William Faulkner. Faulkner and Frost were the very peaks of American poetry and fiction in the 20th century.

Jay Parini

Great Poetry American Fiction Frost

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Joseph Roux

Truth Poetry Clothes Sunday

I think if you look down the road for Twitter, we would like to be a company - a service - that is used by billions of people around the world in every country in the world because we feel that the power of Twitter is that it brings people closer to each other, to their governments, to their heroes, etc.

Dick Costolo

Power Service People World Road You

My first recollection is that of a bugle call.

Douglas MacArthur

First Call Recollection