Rachel Cusk Quotes

An eating disorder epidemic suggests that love and disgust are being jointly marketed, as it were; that wherever the proposition might first have come from, the unacceptability of the female body has been disseminated culturally.

Rachel Cusk

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LoveEatingBodyFirstBeenDisgust

Then as I got older, I always gravitated towards the hard stuff, Born To Be Wild, then Black Sabbath.

Jello Biafra

BlackBornWildHardAlwaysSabbath

There will be, and should be, reams and reams of analysis, even praise, for our friend but also even larger measures of non-analysis and, certainly, condemnation for James Baldwin, the Negro writer.

Amiri Baraka

FriendWillPraiseAnalysisEven

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Sophocles

ManPoorPoor ManEvenHonors

Determining the value of individual texts has been an ideological scuffle in literary criticism for centuries: but the environmental cost of printing them hauls this dispute from the ivory tower into day-to-day decision-making. Is it right to write? The publishing industry is slowly beginning to commit to using sustainably harvested trees.

Tristram Stuart

BeginningValueEnvironmentalTrees

We all choose what we wear every day, and I'm interested in those choices. Even if you wear the same boring hoodie sweater every day, that's a decision that tells a story about you.

Lisa Hanawalt

DecisionDayChoicesStoryChoose

The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.'

Jonathan Anderson

MorningFinancialIndependentFirst

Hey, we all have our fear. Mine is bugs and lobsters!

Brooke Burke

FearBugsMineHeyOur

I usually start my day when my kids wake up.

Anne Wojcicki

MeCarryLaptopiPadEverywhere

The future is all about leading a stress-free life and having all the solutions for all problems at hand.

Astro Teller

LifeFutureProblemsHandSolutions

At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.

Allen Johnson

FriendSoulPeopleRestNameLips

It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population. We discovered this with women decades ago, and now it's time to realize it with introverts.

Susan Cain

GoodWomenTimeSocietyEnergyWay

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.

Thomas Sowell

FreedomPriceToo MuchRhetoricCost

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