Quotes
Authors
Astra Taylor

"Those who applaud social production and networked amateurism, the colorful cacophony that is the Internet, and the creative capacities of everyday people to produce entertaining and enlightening things online, are right to marvel. There is amazing inventiveness, boundless talent and ability, and overwhelming generosity on display. Where they go wrong is thinking that the Internet is an egalitarian, let alone revolutionary, platform for our self-expression and development, that being able to shout into the digital torrent is adequate for democracy."

-- Astra Taylor

#Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes #Expression Quotes

“Being a father is a surprise for me every day.”
“It does feel really good to sing songs about somebody that I really respect, admire, love, care about and am so passionately attracted to after all this time.”

Source : Source: www.billboard.com
“I adore going to movie sets and being part of a team trying to create something. And yet, I hate to miss even one bedtime with my girls. . . My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult--especially that question of how you find a balance.”
“This was an actress who, for twenty years, had the world at her feet. She kicked it away, and the ball rolled out of her reach.”

Source : James Agate (1940). “Ego 4: yet more of the autobiography of James Agate”
“Throughout our history each and every generation has expanded upon the freedoms won by their parents and grandparents. Each and every generation has removed some of the barriers to full participation in the American dream. And the next great barrier standing before our generation is the prohibition on marriage for same-sex couples”
“I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it.”
“The office of the leisure class in social evolution is to ***** the movement and to conserve what is obsolescent. This proposition is by no means novel; it has long been one of the commonplaces of popular opinion.”
“I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies and there I was the skinny lanky girl.”

Source : "5 Things You Didn’t Know About Rumored "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" Star Joyce Giraud!". toofab.com. July 1, 2013.

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