“Each of my novels features a protagonist undertaking a difficult personal journey. On the way, each of these characters - mostly female - discovers something about herself and at the same time makes an impact on other people's lives.” PeopleWayCharacterDifficultNovelJourneyFemaleImpactFeaturesUndertakingsProtagonistsPersonal Journey Author:Juliet Marillier
“Families and societies are small and large versions of one another. Both are made up of people who have to work together, whose destinies are tied up with one another. Each features the components of a relationship: leaders perform roles relative to the led, the young to the old, and male to female; and each is involved with the process of decision-making, use of authority, and the seeking of common goals.” PeopleMadeUseTogetherYoungProcessGoalDecisionCommonLeaderRolesDestinyInvolvedAuthorityFemaleMalesSeekingVersionsFeaturesWorking TogetherDecision MakingRelativeTiedComponentsTied UpCommon Goal Book:The new peoplemaking Source: The new peoplemaking
“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked women. Women's magazines also feature pictures of naked women. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is lumpy and hairy and should not be seen by the light of day. Men are turned on at the sight of a naked woman's body. Most naked men elicit laughter from women.” MenShouldArtBodyLightBeautifulLaughterFemaleSightMalesNakedMagazinesFeaturesWorks Of ArtMen WomenWomen's BodiesFemale Body Author:Dave Barry
“You could make a feature about the world of tickling. You could include female ticklers and you could find out why people are ticklish, but I don't think it would be a great documentary, when you're spending 90 minutes just finding out about the physiology and psychology of tickling.” PeopleThinkingWorldWould BePsychologyMinutesFindingsFemaleSpendingFeaturesDocumentariesPhysiologyTicklingTicklish Author:David Farrier
“I don't know if the scripts are changing so much. I mean, I've been working for almost 25 years and made over 40 films and I worked with my first female director, on a feature, "Planetarium". And it's still the only one.” IfsKnowsYearsFirstsMeanMadeStillsFilmDirectorsFemaleScriptsFeatures Author:Natalie Portman
“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.” MenShouldArtBodyLightBeautifulBeautyFemaleMalesNakedMagazinesFeaturesWorks Of ArtFemale Body Author:Richard Roeper
“It was certainly not this mummified and outrageously painted old woman he was seeing before him, but the entire "female species," as it was his custom to call women. The individual disappeared, the features were obliterated, whether young or senile, beautiful or ugly - those were mere unimportant variations. Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of Aphrodite.” BeautifulFacesYoungIndividualBehindsSeeingFemaleSacredMereSpeciesUglyMysteriousFeaturesCustomsVariationUnimportantOld WomanAphroditeSenile Author:Nikos Kazantzakis
“On consideration, it is not surprising that Darwin's finches should recognize their own kind primarily by beak characters. The beak is the only prominent specific distinction, and it features conspicuously both in attacking behaviour, when the birds face each other and grip beaks, and also in courtship, when food is passed from the beak of the male to the beak of the female. Hence though the beak differences are primarily correlated with differences in food, secondarily they serve as specific recognition marks, and the birds have evolved behaviour patterns to this end.” ShouldKindEndsCharacterFacesScienceDifferencesEvolutionBirdFemaleMarkMalesPatternsRecognitionFeaturesDistinctionConsiderationSurprisingBehaviourAttackingProminentCourtshipBeaksFinches Book:Darwin's Finches Source: Darwin's Finches
“Sir Guy Campbell's classic account of the formation of the links, beginning with Genesis and moving step by step to the thrilling arrival of 'tilth' on the fingers of coastal land, suggests that such notable features of our planet as dinosaurs, the prairies, the Himalayas, the seagull, the female of the species herself, were accidental by-products of the Almighty's preoccupation with the creation of the Old Course at St. Andrews.” MovingGuyCoursesStepsLandCreationPlanetsProductsFemaleAccountsGolfSpeciesFingersFeaturesClassicLinksAlmightyThrillingOur PlanetFormationNotableGenesisDinosaursArrivalsPreoccupationAndrewPrairieSeagullCoastalHimalayas Book:Fun and Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements Source: Fun and Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements