“If something comes along that you don't like, there are a few sort of four-letter words that you can use to push it out of the sphere of discussion. If you were in a bar downtown, they might have different words, but if you're an educated person what you use are complicated words like "conspiracy theory" or "Marxist." It's a way of pushing unpleasant questions off the agenda so that we can continue in our own happy ideology.” IfsWayPersonsDifferentUseMightFourTheoryLettersComplicatedBarsEducatedIdeologyDiscussionAgendasPushingSpheresConspiracyMarxistDowntownConspiracy TheoryEducated PersonFour Letter Words Author:Noam Chomsky
“I gave away the money advanced from my record company on my first album, I'm the type of person who likes to give. I gave to my sister. She has four little babies and bought an old house and it needed repairs.” GivingFirstsLittlesPersonsHouseCompanyRecordsFourBabyTypeNeededAlbumsLikesMy SisterRecord CompaniesOld Houses Author:Jo Dee Messina
“In the career world we are downsizing. That means the one person that will keep their job will do three or four jobs for the same amount of money. You have to be that way these days.” WorldWayMeanPersonsJobsThreeCareersFourAmountThese DaysDownsizing Author:Michelle Visage
“I'm usually a mellow, go-with-the-flow person, except when someone tells me I should do something. Then I get stubborn. If they don't back off, I get this horrible rage and want to kill them. When I was four and my mom would send me to my room, I'd get so mad I'd go outside and bang my head on the sidewalk.” IfsWantShouldPersonsRoomsFourMomFlowMadMy MomRageHorribleStubbornBangsSidewalkMellow Author:Josie Maran
“According to statistics, one person out of five is disturbed. If there are four people around you who seem normal, that's not good.” PeopleIfsPersonsSeemsFiveFourNormalStatisticsDisturbed Author:Jean-Claude Van Damme
“I try to look at the evolution of these utopian claims. In the late '60s there was an assumption that the wealth generated by industry would be taxed and then put into social programs and it would provide a baseline of stability that would allow people to have the time for self-expression; and that social contract has eroded over the last four decades and now it's every person for themselves.” PeopleTryingLooksPersonsSelfWould BeLastsSocialWealthFourExpressionIndustryEvolutionLateProgramClaimsDecadesAssumptionContractsStabilitySelf ExpressionUtopianSocial ContractSocial Programs Author:Astra Taylor