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“If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.”

People Ifs Might Understanding Cities Attitude South London Contempt Yuppies

Author:Martin Cruz Smith

“In the first manifesto that we launched on the 8th of March, 1910, from the stage of the Chiarella Theater in Turin,1 we expressed our deep-rooted disgust with, our proud contempt for, and our happy rebellion against vulgarity, mediocrity, the fanatical and snobbish worship of all that is old, attitudes which are suffocating Art in our Country.”

Firsts Art Country Attitude Stage Proud Worship Theater Our Country Rebellion March Contempt Mediocrity Rooted Disgusting Vulgarity Suffocating Manifestos Snobbish

Author:Umberto Boccioni

“It is important to note that research has shown that men who have abusive mothers do not tend to develop especially negative attitudes toward females, but men who have abusive fathers do; the disrespect that abusive men show their female partners and their daughters is often absorbed by their sons. So while a small number of abusive men do hate women, the great majority exhibit a more subtle-though often quite pervasive-sense of superiority or contempt toward females, and some don't show any obvious signs of problems with women at all until they are in a serious relationship.”

“I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. Its unbelievable the kind of attitude people take toward what is the most exciting medium weve got right now.”

People Kind Hate Actors Attitude Television Right Now Exciting I Hate Mediums Contempt Unbelievable

Author:Michael Moriarty

“The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.”

World Attitude Philosophical Unions Sarcasm Contempt Indulgence Gaiety

Book:The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort

Source: The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort

“My attitudes aren't directed toward characters at all. I don't feel sympathetic toward some characters, unsympathetic toward others. I don't love some characters, feel contempt for others. They have attitudes; I don't.”

Feels Character Attitude Contempt Sympathetic My Attitude Unsympathetic

Book:Conversations with Don DeLillo

Source: Conversations with Don DeLillo

“I occasionally feel contempt for that attitude [degree of sexual desire towards me] when I perceive it, but maybe that's not fair. By our culture we've been taught who is most valued and who is not.”

Feels Desire Culture Attitude Taught Degrees Fairs Perceive Contempt Not Fair Sexual Desire

Author:Cris Mazza

“Success can breed contempt, and a casual attitude toward danger.”

Attitude Danger Contempt Casual

Book:Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

Source: Kiss Or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber

“I think that what's actually happening is the collapse of the Center - the centrist semi-coalitions, mildly social-democrat, mildly conservative, that have been running the countries for years. They are severely declining. You can see it in voting; you can see it also in popular attitudes: contempt for what are called "the élites," the experts, the people in charge.”

People Thinking Years Has Beens Country Running Social Attitude Happenings Democrat Conservative Experts Voting Contempt Collapse Coalitions

Author:Noam Chomsky