"It frequently happens that an element of the standard of living which set out with being primarily wasteful, ends with becoming, in the apprehension of the consumer, a necessary of life."

-- Thorstein Veblen

#Becoming Quotes #Elements Quotes #Standards Quotes

“However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable.”
“Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.”

Source : "Zoe Saldana's Star Turn". Interview with Monica Corcoran, www.womenshealthmag.com. April 13, 2009.
“Male chauvinism is . . . a shrewd method of extracting the maximum of work for the minimum of compensation.”
“English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to have some natural ability you can't buy it no one puts it there you're born with it”
“Too much good taste can be boring”
“Never, never, never join a movement that persecutes people because of their faith.”
“At Linkabit, we put little effort and energy into patenting things.”
“Once I started to get older, my father would say, 'You look more like George Harrison than I do'”

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