Seminola Gold Quotes & Sayings

But one did not do feminist theory, as such, in those days, not only because male academic discourse did not recognize such a term, but especially because the women's movement did not either. — Teresa De Lauretis

Thus I reel from desire to fulfillment and in fulfillment languish for desire. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Tradition is the albatross around the neck of progress. — Bill Veeck

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection. — Rebecca Solnit

You walk a fine line between beautifully macabre and uncharacteristically psychotic. — Solange Nicole

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. — T.D. Jakes

Satan must be defeated in the arena he dominates, this world. So Christ was sent into this world to destroy Satan's works. — Charles Caldwell Ryrie

Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. — Charles Darwin

The way Hollywood works, you're never sure if their first thought is to make a great film and honor the material or just another business property. — Paul Dano

Turns out, there was one - and only one - characteristic that distinguished the happiest 10 percent from everybody else: the strength of their social relationships. My empirical study of well-being among 1,600 Harvard undergraduates found a similar result - social support was a far greater predictor of happiness than any other factor, more than GPA, family income, SAT scores, age, gender, or race. In fact, the correlation between social support and happiness was 0.7. This may not sound like a big number, but for researchers it's huge - most psychology findings are considered significant when they hit 0.3. The point is, the more social support you have, the happier you are. And as we know, the happier you are, the more advantages you accrue in nearly every domain of life. — Shawn Achor

If really good people who are deeply committed and who are thriving spiritually have to beat down the nature with which they seem to have been born and cut themselves off from the full realization of love, how can that be pleasing to God? — Andrew Solomon

After all, many cops subscribe to the notion that most homicide victims die by their environment, their lifestyles, and there's no question that prostitutes make themselves easy victims of opportunity. — Gary King

To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman. — John Stuart Mill

It has been my custom for many years to read the Bible in its entirety once a year — John Quincy Adams

What better allies are there than those organized around their own needs and demands, a functional and not merely charitable alliance? — Amy Sonnie