Virginia Postrel Quotes

Though designed as a mere convenience, clothing sizes establish an unintended norm, an ideal from which deviations seem like flaws. There's nothing like a trip to the dressing room to convince a woman - fat, thin, or in between - that she's a freak.

Virginia Postrel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1960

Topics

WomanFatFlawsNothingSheRoom

The best way to motivate me is to tell me I can't do something.

Jimmy Graham

BestMeWayMotivateTellSomething

It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so that I thought that the people responsible in London were acting in a manner that no longer coincided with British imperial interests.

John Amery

GreatPeopleMeThoughtActing

When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business.

Andy Lau

BusinessFeelYouOutGetYour

It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.

Steven Seagal

WorkDogFriendMotherPetYou

So, my big brother was playing guitar and I figured I'd try it too.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

BrotherGuitarTryBigBig Brother

There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.

Silvio Scaglia

GoodWorldContentThroughChannels

But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.

Roger Penrose

BeautyThinkWonderSeriousMorality

What was Freddie like then? Alongside the showman, he was a rather shy introvert. But if the attention was focused on him, he was a natural star, as we all saw after we put Queen together. Week by week, we saw him grow into this character, Freddie Mercury.

Roger Taylor

CharacterTogetherQueenGrowWeek

What we should all argue for is the use of freedom rather than having a monetary system with regulation domination that is run by a cartel and the special interests - that is the kind of system we have today.

Ron Paul

TodayFreedomKindRunSpecial

Why are Washington and Oregon the home turf of every violent Left-wing radical? It seems to be a never-ending cycle of radical Lefties burning down Starbucks and moderate lefties upset they can't get their lattes.

Milo Yiannopoulos

HomeDownWashingtonStarbucksUpset

I always say that in any roomful of people, I could hive a novel out of any one person's family or life story.

Jojo Moyes

LifeFamilyPeopleStoryLife Story

When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun.

Dawn Richard

WorkHard WorkTrustFootballFun

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