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“In the '30s, every day was an event. And, as much as I love that idea, I think nowadays it's nice to have the differentiation of when you dress up and when you don't.”

Thinking Ideas Nice Events Dresses Differentiation

Author:Lily Collins

“In the '30s, the Keynesian stuff worked at least in the sense that you could print money without inflation because there was all this productivity growth happening. That's not going to work today.”

Today Stuff Growth Happenings Productivity Print Going To Work Inflation

Author:Peter Thiel

“In the '40s and '50s, a lot of teachers and librarians saw the graphic novel as the enemy of reading.”

Reading Enemy Novel Saws Teacher Librarian Graphic Graphic Novels

Author:Gene Luen Yang

“In the '50s and '60s, journalism wasn't a profession. It wasn't something you went to college for - it was really more of a trade. You had a lot of guys who came up working in newspapers at the copy desk, or delivery boys, and then they would somehow become reporters afterward and learn on the job.”

Jobs Guy Boys College Trade Profession Newspapers Journalism Copies Desks Reporters Delivery

Author:Matt Taibbi

“In the '50s and in the '60s, the private insurance system originally was a benefit for the bureaucrats in Germany. And this system became ever bigger because the private insurance industry lobbied successfully for making this system bigger. In the '70s and in the '80s, they managed to find a system where they could take everyone beyond 40,000 euros income per year but didn't have to take everyone. So they only took those that had both high income and a secure job and who was not ill at that time.”

Ill Euro

Author:Karl Lauterbach

“In the '50s Morris Louis and I were not known, David Smith and Helen Frankenthaler were not much known.”

Known Helen Morris

Author:Kenneth Noland

“In the '50s you had to wear pink ribbons if you were a girl, and you were supposed to become a hairdresser or a secretary. I couldn't stomach it. Later on, when I fell in love with my husband and had children, that's when my mother's earthiness or sense of femaleness kicked in.”

Ifs Children Mother Girl Husband My Husband Stomach Secretary Ribbons Hairdresser

Author:Patti Smith

“In the '50s you weren't taught about sex whatsoever. It was never just talked about. People used to snoop behind their curtains and look at the neighbors. And if a girl became pregnant in your part of the world, she was shipped off to the countryside.”

People Ifs World Looks Used Girl Sex Behinds Taught Neighbor Pregnant Curtains Countryside Sneak

Author:Elton John

“In the '50s, I was traveling alone all over Mindanao, Basilan, all the way to Tawi-Tawi with just a camera and a notebook. I always stayed in the houses of Moros.”

Way House Cameras Notebook Traveling Alone

Author:F. Sionil José

“In the '50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay - it didn't feel alien. Noises made by a truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi, seemed relevant to a middle-class kid growing up on the other side of the world. That has always fascinated me.”

World Feels Made Kids Sides Class Growing Up Growing Middle Listening Radio Noise Aliens Middle Class Drivers Relevant Fascinated Truck Mississippi Kids Growing Up Bombay Truck Driver

Author:Salman Rushdie

“In the '50s, to appropriate was a real no-no. However, once you go from Duchamp to Jasper Johns to Warhol, appropriation becomes not only a common thing to do, but possibly the central way of working in the era we call postmodernism.”

Way Real Common Eras Things To Do Appropriate Postmodernism Copying Warhol Appropriation Common Things

Author:Irving Sandler

“In the '60s and '70s it was a great period for American films because studios were still run by individuals who worked off the seat of their pants and went along with things. At that time, they were very uncertain about what to make because of the influence of television. A lot of really terrific movies were made. But then the studios gradually became more corporate and were owned by corporations and run in that way and now they're very nervous. You see what they make - sequels, franchises and try not to take risks.”

Trying Running Film Individual Risk Influence Nervous

Author:John Boorman

“In the '60s and '70s people were a little bit more naive and trusting and got in people's cars without thinking about it.”

People Thinking Littles Bits Car Little Bit Naive

Author:Boti Bliss

“In the '60s and '70s, people didn't pay a lot of attention to gangs. I think gangs still existed, but gangs had fallen out of criminological favor.”

People Thinking Stills Pay Attention Favors Fallen Gang

Author:Meda Chesney-Lind

“In the '60s my friends were interested and we were hearing electronic music coming in on community radio from Europe, so that's where it started. And I had a tape recorder and started making things with it.”

Community My Friends Europe Radio Hearing Tape Electronic Music Recorders

Author:Pauline Oliveros

“In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.”

Flower Hair

Author:Baz Luhrmann

“In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?”

Thinking Knows Way War Enjoy Politician Vietnam Anti War Cop Vietnam War Banner Machismo Anti Vietnam War

Author:Yoko Ono

“In the '60s when I started to see everything I could see, you could see pretty much everything which was still available from the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, and therefore I had an education which was really large and vast in different cinema. That's probably the reason I did not fall for the New Wave. It's really the love of the movies that made me want to become a cameraperson, definitely. I was really a film buff.”

Different Reason Film Fall Wave

Author:Babette Mangolte

“In the '60s, my father, Wally Amos, had been a talent agent and a personal manager before taking a major career detour in 1975, when he opened a store selling chocolate chip cookies.”

Father Careers Talent Majors Stores Selling Agents Managers Chocolate Chips Cookies Detours Chocolate Chips Chocolate Chip Cookies

Author:Shawn Amos

“In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.”

Given Parent Messages Boundaries Rebel Teens Uprising Tweens

Author:Maggie Gallagher

“In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory.”

People Knows Want Kind Stills Artist Courses Rocks Fields Jazz Pops Territory Protective Avant Garde

Author:Yoko Ono

“In the '70s and '80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how do you build the ethos of art and design into the academy of science.”

Art Today Challenges Teach Design 80s Academy Ethos

Author:John Maeda

“In the '70s and '80s, the mentality of America was that everything was disposable. The notion of quality wasn't important.”

Important America Quality Notion Mentality 80s Disposable

Author:Les Wexner

“In the '70s, anybody who was a connoisseur of collecting vinyl had the velvet brush. Remember the velvet brush? It would clean the record, and you would only grab the record from the sides and you would carefully slide it into the jacket. I never had a velvet brush.”

Remember Sides Records Clean Brushes Slides Jackets Collecting Velvet Vinyl Connoisseur

Author:Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

“In the '70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn't really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed. When I grew up in the '70s I thought you had to take drugs. It was almost like I didn't think you had a choice.”

People Thinking Knows Choices Grew Drug Grew Up Addiction Recovery Good Times Drug Addiction Drug Addict

Author:Aimee Mann

“In the '70s, everybody was doing drugs, so long as you showed up and did your work, they'd use you until you died.”

Long Use Drug Died

Author:Brion James

“In the '70s, if anything, it was a more interesting time in fashion. It was a time when things were changing, especially in London.”

Ifs Interesting Fashion London Interesting Times

Author:Rei Kawakubo

“In the '70s, the gay movement was really making strides. Huge strides. And then AIDS came along and slapped a judgment on it all and the Right Wing religious movement was like, 'See. This is why, we told you.' And it pushed back the movement 30 years.”

Years Religious Movement Huge Gay Judgment Wings Aids Right Wing Stride

Author:Mario Cantone

“In the '70s, you had to come up with an album every year whether you were ready or not.”

Years Ready Come Up Albums

Author:Nick Lowe

“In the '80's my gut feeling was that airlines were crap. I hated spending time on planes. I thought we could create the kind of airline I'd like. So we got a secondhand 747 and gave it a go.”

Kind Feelings Spending Planes Hated Guts Aviation Crap Airline Spending Time Gut Feelings

Author:Richard Branson

“In the '80s and '90s we started to have economic problems because society became more conservative. So we didn't have the wherewithal for expanding to other areas.”

Problem Economic Areas Conservative 80s Expanding Economic Problems 80s And 90s

Author:Hugh Hefner

“In the '80s and '90s, there was some degree of compassion for people with HIV because there was visible human suffering.”

People Humans Suffering Compassion Degrees Visible 80s Hiv Human Suffering 80s And 90s

Author:Sean Strub

“In the '80s especially, a lot of comedians felt compelled to stick with what made them famous and those people became caricatures.”

People Made Felt Sticks Comedian 80s Compelled Caricatures

Author:Sarah Silverman

“In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.”

Thinking Important Moments Given Dying Dad Band My Family Shock Mum 80s Your Mum Mum And Dad

Author:Gary Kemp

“In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.”

Wanted Opera 80s Groovy

Author:Baz Luhrmann

“In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.”

Made I Can Film Certain Community Amount Lows Independent Studios Budgets 80s Amy Independent Film

Author:Griffin Dunne

“In the '80s, I loved the movies of the '70s. Also I remember loving Klute [1971]. I loved Jane Fonda. Actually, I auditioned for the last movie she made before she retired for a while, Stanley and Iris [1990], which Martha Plimpton got.”

Made Lasts Remember 80s Retired Jane Stanley Irises

Author:Winona Ryder

“In the '80s, I thought I'd be a success as a woman if I were the president of a billion dollar company, had a sensitive soul-mate husband, two bilingual children, buns of steels, and a compost heap. In the '90s, I pretty much feel I'm a success if I can get through the afternoon without eating a cheesecake.”

Ifs Feels Children I Can Two Soul President Company Husband Eating Dollars Billions Sensitive Mates Afternoon Steel 80s Soul Mate Buns Compost Cheesecake

Author:Cathy Guisewite

“In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would soon forget about me.”

People Ifs Thinking Years Forget Albums 80s Forget About Me

Author:Al Yankovic

“In the '80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV. Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they're not all good!”

Kind Seems Culture Games Internet Towns 80s Exposure Parody Mtv Rotation Internet Culture

Author:Al Yankovic

“In the '80s, I was the only one who didn't watch the shows about teenagers. I had to go over to friends' houses to see them. I still don't have a TV!”

Stills Shows House Watches Tvs Teenager 80s

Author:Clemence Poesy

“In the '80s, the way radio was programmed, if you didn't have a hit record you weren't going to be able to make any more records. That was it, period.”

Ifs Way Able Records Periods Radio 80s

Author:Huey Lewis

“In the '80s, the world I was living in wasn't this world of consumption. There wasn't that much to buy, really. Actually I'm still struck by that. There's not an awful lot of stuff I want. Somebody quotes Diogenes, who's walking around saying, "How many things there are in the marketplace of which Diogenes has no need." I always feel that. Except of course when you're living in Venice, California and you see all these lovely houses!”

World House Walking Lovely

Author:Geoff Dyer

“In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.”

Ifs Hands Walks Keys Following Neighborhood Apartment Looking Back 80s

Author:Ai Weiwei

“In the '90s it was irrational exuberance. Now it may be irrational doom and gloom.”

May Irrational Doom Gloom Exuberance Doom And Gloom

Author:Robert Reich

“In the '90s movies were so serious, and so stylistic and slick that I could not identify with them.”

Serious Slick

Author:Michel Gondry

“In the '90s there were these great end of the world movies like 'Armageddon' and 'Deep Impact'... I always liked the idea of what people on the ground are doing, not so much the people who are trying to stop the world from ending.”

People World Trying Ideas Ends Impact End Of The World Armageddon Deep Impact

Author:Lorene Scafaria

“In the '90s, guitar solos were dead.”

Guitar Solo Guitar Solos

Author:Chris Daughtry

“In the '90s, indie movies could get financing, because financers gave money straight to directors... Now it's a different system. Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system.”

Different Directors Studios Financing Indie Movie

Author:Parker Posey

“In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.”

People Scene Punk Uncool

Author:Kathleen Hanna

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