"One [paradox] is that * follows in that wake of women's liberation. The first instances of hard-core * were in late 18th-century in France, "the Golden Age of Women." The next wave in the 20th century comes from Sweden, one of the first countries where women voted. Then Germany, again, at the forefront of progress. Then America in the '80s, when women were closing the pay gap. And Japan, same thing."

-- Stephen Marche

#Country Quotes #Pay Gap Quotes #America Quotes

“For it is precisely because certain groups have no representation in a number of recognized political structures that their position tends to be so stable, their oppression so continuous.”
“I got these questions always running through my head. So many things that I would like to understand.”

Source : "Song: "The Drug in Me Is You" ("The Drug in Me Is You")". 2011.
“Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.”
“Every time we have been drunk on Jager it's been - either we didn't remember or it's been insane.”

Source : Interview With Jeff Jetton, brightestyoungthings.com. December 27, 2010.
“The thinner the excuse, the fatter the reason for it.”

Source : Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman (2010). “A Zits Guide to Living With Your Teenager”, p.11, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“In civilized places idleness, once the prerequisite for abstract thought, poetry, religion, philosophy, and falling in love, has become a character flaw. In America we've managed to stamp it out almost completely, and few people under forty can remember a single moment of it, even in earliest childhood. The phrase 'spare time' has vanished from the land.”
“Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect.”
“I would rather live in Russia on black bread and vodka than in the United States at the best hotels. America knows nothing of food, love or art.”

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