Downlands Hassocks Quotes & Sayings

I think there is a wonderful trend of strong female characters on television right now. — Amanda Schull

Define seduction.
Skimpy clothes. Lap dances. Sucking the red off a cherry lollipop.
I don't want to be a skank about it.
Look, sweetie. Obviously the nice girl, can-we-move-to-the-next-level-but-only-when-you're-ready routine has not worked. What you need is guns blazing, no-holds barred seduction. You need to stop approaching this so meekly and take control of the situation. You need to set the atmosphere. Scented candles. Lingerie. Wine. Dinner. Handcuffs.
Handcuffs? Really?
You don't want him to run, do you?
I worry about you sometimes.
Why do you think Lance has stuck around for so long?
Because you keep him chained to your bed?
That's not the point. — Em Wolf

Too often, however, the church professes its faith but is unsure how to practice it. Even some of my seminary students come to theology classes somewhat reluctantly, assuming that doctrine is neither practical nor relevant to their future ministry. — Kevin Vanhoozer

He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread. — Nicolas Chamfort

What we could not see clearly, we didn't have to pretend to understand. — Jodi Picoult

Our military offensive is indispensable, since force must be met by force. But our social offensive is the extra weapon which the enemy cannot produce. Here the enemy meets democracy's strongest element-the ability to realize and satisfy the needs of its people without taking from them their freedom and dignity as human beings. — Ramon Magsaysay

All my friends are talented enough to get nominated for awards. I just am always surprised when things and people I like are also liked by things like the Oscars. — Seth Rogen

The kind of power I want is the power to persuade. But I do not want the power to tell other people what to do. — Gloria Steinem

I hoped at first to find a rather more direct comprehension of life in one or two novelists and poets; but if they really had such a comprehension, it must be confessed they did not show it; most of them, I thought, did not really live - contented themselves with appearing to live, and were on the verge of considering life merely as a vexatious hindrance to writing. — Andre Gide

Traditions don't come out of nowhere. They come from something sacred and strange. — Corey Ann Haydu

The progress of women's rights in our culture, unlike other types of 'progress,' has always been strangely reversible. — Ann Douglas