T Quotes
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“The main things to rebel against - over-production, too much technology, overthinking. It's a spoiled mentality; everything is too easy. If you want to record a song, you can buy Pro Tools and record four hundred guitar tracks. That leads to overthinking, which kills any spontaneity and the humanity of the performance.”
“The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.”
Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
“The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.”
“The main thrust of the Social Security reform was to get the benefit structure in line with the realities of the Trust Funds.”
“The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we're finding fertile material. Whether it's in a phrase like "going over like a lead balloon" or "a needle in a haystack," or tackling movie myths or even a genre, like MacGyver or James Bond, we're finding that all these things can lead to people believing the world works in a certain way. It might not be correct, but we can test out if it's true.”
“The main trouble with avant-garde art and literature, from the point of view of fascists and Stalinists, is not that they are too critical, but that they are too "innocent," that it is too difficult to inject effective propaganda, that kitsch is more pliable to this end.”
Source: Art and Culture: Critical Essays
“The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.”
Source: The World War II Trilogy: From Here to Eternity, The Thin Red Line, and Whistle
“The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling.”
“The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can't scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.”
“The main trouble with this civilized world isn't that we adventure too much, but that we fail to adventure enough.”
Source: Wanderer's Circle
“The main trouble with women is that they will just not put the seat back up again.”
“The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.”
“The main way I start to allocate color is that it comes from the comics. That's where it all starts from.”
“The main way that anyone learns to like new foods is through repeated exposure.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“The main way to reduce stress in the workplace is by picking the right people.”
“The main weakness of Satanists is they think they are fooling all the people all of the time.”
“The main weapon of the devil is disillusionment”
“The main weapons in the prevention and treatment of disease and human carelessness will probably always be food and exercise.”
Source: Strong Medicine
“The main wish of the introvert is to avoid friends as well as enemies.”
“The main work of haunting is done by the living”
Source: Possessions: The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson Valley
“The main yardstick for measuring life and its essence is quality of life.”
“The mainline media attacks all conservatives, especially Christians, and distorts their policies and beliefs so that the local population is afraid to vote for them.”
“The mainspring of creativity appears to be the same tendency which we discover so deeply as the curative force in psychotherapy, man's tendency to actualize himself, to become his potentialities. By this I mean the organic and human life, the urge to expand, extend, develop, mature - the tendency to express and activate all the capacities of the organism, or the self.”
Source: On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy
“The mainspring of genius is curiosity.”
“The mainstay of Italian coffee lore, la tazzina del caffe, or an espresso, as served by one’s local bar and during the day consumed - generally - standing up, is another one of those things about which Italians have very strong feelings. The purists want is very dense, ristrettissimo, which is the way they serve it in Naples...”
Source: My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and loving) in Italy's Eternal City
“The mainstream has lost its way. Crime fiction is an objective, realistic genre because it's about the real world, real bodies really being killed by somebody. And this involves the investigator in trying to understand the society that the person lived in.”
“The mainstream is always under attack.”
“The mainstream is generally garbage. Look at the heavily subsidized theaters.”
“The mainstream media continues to equate feminism, as such, with liberal feminism. But far from providing the solution, liberal feminism is part of the problem. Centered in the global North among the professional-managerial stratum, it is focused on “leaning-in” and “cracking the glass ceiling.” Dedicated to enabling a smattering of privileged women to climb the corporate ladder and the ranks of the military, it propounds a market-centered view of equality that dovetails perfectly with the prevailing corporate enthusiasm for “diversity.” Although it condemns “discrimination” and advocates “freedom of choice,” liberal feminism steadfastly refuses to address the socioeconomic constraints that make freedom and empowerment impossible for the large majority of women. Its real aim is not equality, but meritocracy. Rather than seeking to abolish social hierarchy, it aims to “diversify” it, “empowering” “talented” women to rise to the top. In treating women simply as an “underrepresented group,” its proponents seek to ensure that a few privileged souls can attain positions and pay on a par with the men of their own class.”
Source: Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
“The mainstream media doesn't want to get into this because they don't want to know where this one goes.”
“The mainstream media has its own agenda. They do not want to print the facts. They have an agenda, they have a slant, they have a bias. It is outrageous to me.”
“The mainstream media hears what it wants to hear and has its own narratives.”
“The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.”
“The mainstream media’s side is money- it’s the same side as the financial markets.”
“The mainstream media today has the biggest disconnect with its audience that it's ever, ever had. And as the disconnect grows and as more and more people distrust them, then the media digs in more and more and says you don't know what you're talking about, you don't know how we do our jobs, you don't know what's important.”
“The mainstream media were not reporting the number of missing people during the Florida hurricane Ian disaster.”
“The mainstream news is focused on producing articles that produce advertising revenue.”
“The mainstream perception that conservatives are close-minded and dogmatic while liberals are open-minded and free-thinking has it almost exactly backward. Liberal dogma is settled: The government should do good, where it can, whenever it can. That is President Obama's idea of pragmatism and bipartisanship: He's open to all ideas, from either side of the aisle, about how best to expand government and get the state more involved in our lives.”
“The mainstream press and television do a very soft job of covering the press, either as corporate entities or as news organizations.”
“The mainstream press was not aggressive enough after 9/11, was not aggressive enough in asking questions about a decision to go to war in Iraq, was not aggresive enough in asking the hard questions about the War on Terror. I accept that for the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.”
“The mainstream usually follows trends, it seldom sets them except for a few films.”
“The mainstreaming of porn is tremendously affecting what’s expected of them. They’re learning sex through porn. What it means to have sex, a lot of the time, is to mimic what they see in pornography.”
(Donna Freitas quote from book)”
Source: American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
“The maintenance man is moving the thermostat in our office today. I started talking with him about the”
Source: Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More
“The maintenance of my life, my relationship with my mum, my brother, all my close relationships, are mediated by how much Wi-Fi I have. If you got rid of everybody’s phones, everybody’s relationships would deteriorate. There’s this idea that we look down on any kind of discourse that we have online, that it’s this inauthentic version of communication, when actually it’s the primary driver of our relationships.”
“The maintenance of secrets acts like a psychic poison which alienates the possessor from the community.”
“The maitrakh met her gaze steadily, her alien face unreadable.
'Are you offering me your help?' Leia asked.
'There is honor in you, Lady Vader,' the maitrakh said, her voice quiet. 'For the life and honor of my thirdson, I will go with you. Perhaps we will die together.'
Leia nodded, her heart aching. 'Perhaps we will.”
Source: Star Wars: Dark Force Rising
“The Maitri Chakra glows with empathy — its power is healing others through resonance and friendship.”
Source: The Secrets of 114 Chakras
“The majestic whale travels the seven seas piping its unique song in the hopes of finding its tribe. The other whales in the sea can hear the solitary whale. But the song to them is foreign and unfamiliar. They’re not resonating on the same frequencies and so, it seems, there can be no reciprocity. The creature carries on, searching high and low for a sign of recognition and response.”
Source: Sending Signals: Amplify the Reach, Resonance and Results of Your Ideas
“The Majesty guitar symbolizes the very reason why I am so proud to be a Music Man artist. I had the idea for this guitar a couple of years ago but it is because of their innovative spirit and dedication to the art of guitar building that it is now a reality. I am so grateful that I am able to collaborate with the best guitar company on the planet and so incredibly proud that together we have created what is to me, the perfect musical instrument for guitar players. I really hope you get a chance to play one and am confident that you will feel the same!”
“The majesty of creation forms my faith in the Creator.”