“claims about what's 'natural' have long been used to reinforce traditional gender roles and values. ... Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.” MenShouldChildrenLongImportantIdeasUsedMotherValuesFunNaturalRolesShould HaveClaimsNotionGenderTraditionalSexismInherentInnateGender Roles Author:Jessica Valenti
“Discerning the merits of competing claims is where the empirical basis of science should play a role. I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. What fails the test of empirical reality, as determined by observation and experiment, gets thrown out like yesterday's newspaper.” ShouldEnoughPlayRealityRolesFailingProveTestsBasesClaimsStressDeterminedYesterdayNewspapersExperimentsBeing TrueObservationMeritThrownCompetingDiscerning Author:Lawrence M. Krauss
“There are many, many discrepant views within the Shia theology about what's the proper role of religion in society or in the State, should it rule now, should it claim to govern people in the here and now, or should it wait until the Messiah, the 12th Imam, comes back and would it only be then appropriate for religious rule to bring about a world of universal justice and vindication.” PeopleWorldShouldStatesWaitingReligiousJusticeViewsRolesUniversalClaimsTheologyAppropriateHere And NowMessiahVindicationShiaReligion In Society Author:Christopher Hitchens
“I get scripts all the time, but I read this [Baggage Claim] thoroughly, and I loved it. It was light hearted, cute, sweet, and funny. I told my agent that I liked the script, but I did let my acceptance of the role slide a little, until I was watching television one day; scrolling through the stations, and there was this play. And I don't like plays made for the screen. But, this one, "Suddenly Single", caught my attention.” LittlesMadePlayLightAttentionRolesAcceptanceTelevisionSweetOne DayClaimsScriptsCaughtScreensAgentsCuteStationsSlidesHeartedBaggageWatching TelevisionLight HeartedScrolling Author:Jill Scott
“I'm thinking about some developments say in the 80s when the anti-apartheid movement began to claim more support and strength within the US. Black trade unionists played a really important role in developing this US anti-apartheid movement.” ThinkingImportantBlackRolesSupportMovementDevelopmentClaimsTradeDeveloping80sApartheidStrength Within Author:Angela Davis
“Bealer argues that the kind of naturalistic view which Quine holds will rob him of the ability to make the normative claims which (many) naturalists wish to make in epistemology. I don't think this is right about Quine, but I'm certain it's not right about my own view. To the extent that I can show that talk of knowledge is firmly rooted within empirical theories where it plays an important explanatory role, I thereby demonstrate its naturalistic credentials.” ThinkingKindI CanImportantPlayShowsCertainWishMy OwnAbilityViewsRolesTheoryClaimsArguingRootedEpistemologyNaturalistCredentials Author:Hilary Kornblith
“Sometimes people think of actors as marionettes - everybody else makes the decisions for us - and, you know, really, making this decision [of which roles to take] is the only thing you lay claim to.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSometimesActorsDecisionRolesClaimsLays Author:Julia Roberts