"Before the first World War women were arrested for smoking cigarettes in public, for using profanity, for appearing on beaches without stockings, for driving automobiles without a man beside them, for wearing outlandish attire for example, shorts"

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Source : Geoffrey Perret (1982). “America in the twenties: a history”, Simon & Schuster

Geoffrey Perret

#Beach Quotes #War Quotes #Men Quotes

“The idea of a journeyman actor, people sort of say negatively - "Someone who never made it for real" - [but] I think a journeyman actor is the complete goal.”
“Hell hath no fury like a drag queen scorned,”
“Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells.”
“A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling body and a mind half asleep.”
“You can't catch the big fish by skimming the surface.”
“If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.”
“Communicating and celebrating the times when individuals have made values-based decisions is, of course, empowering and can provide role models. But perhaps more importantly, it removes the sense of futility that often prevents employees from speaking up.”
“What is said determines who listens and who understands. Graphic design is a language, but graphic designers are so busy worrying about the nuances - accents, punctuation and so on - that they spend little time thinking about what the words add up to. Iâ€™m interested in using our communication skills to change the way things are.”

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