“I definitely went through a period when I was a teenager when every girl was 'The One' and every break-up was the 'Worst Thing That Had Ever Happened.'” GirlBreakHappenedWorstPeriodsTeenagerWorst ThingsEvery Girl Author:Edgar Wright
“Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and opens the way to a new period of economic and social expansion on a much larger scale.” WayPoliticalSocialGrowthBreakEconomicPeriodsCapitalismScalesSocialismExpansionEconomic GrowthIdeologicalFetters Author:Earl Browder
“The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. If it survives, it MAY eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological suffering, but only after passing through a long and very painful period of adjustment and only at the cost of permanently reducing human beings and many other living organisms to engineered products and mere cogs in the social machine.” IfsHumansMayLongSufferingSocialHuman BeingsLevelsBreakAchieveProductsPeriodsCostLowsMachinesMerePainfulPassingPassingsPsychologicalOrganismsTechnologicalBreaking DownReducingAdjustmentPassing ThroughLiving OrganismsCogsLow Level Book:The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future Source: The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future
“There is something in obstinacy which differs from every other passion. Whenever it fails, it never recovers, but either breaks like iron, or crumbles sulkily away, like a fractured arch. Most other passions have their periods of fatigue and rest, their sufferings and their cure; but obstinacy has no resource, and the first wound is mortal.” FirstsSufferingPassionBreakFailingPeriodsResourcesWoundsCuresMortalsIronFatigueArchesObstinacy Author:Samuel Johnson
“We're living in a time period where if a kid is on a plastic scooter that's one inch off the ground, mom and dad think he should have a helmet on. I don't think they should have a helmet on. They should break their leg and have an imagination. Otherwise, we're going to have a nation of accountants.” IfsThinkingShouldKidsNationsImaginationBreakMomDadPeriodsShould HaveLegsInchesPlasticAccountantsHelmetMom And DadTime PeriodsScooters Author:Ramin Bahrani
“The job description of mother is clearly in need of revision. As it stands, the shifts are 24 hours, for a period of approximately 1,825 consecutive days. The benefits are sorely in need of amendment: no vacations, no sick leave, no lunch hours, no breaks. Moreover, it is the only unpaid position I know of that can result in arrest if you fail to show up for work.” IfsKnowsNeedsShowsJobsMotherHoursResultsBreakFailingPositionPeriodsBenefitsSickDescriptionLunchVacationAmendmentsRevisionConsecutiveSick Leave Author:Mary Blakely
“I got a lot of body paint on me in a short period of time. I would definitely do it again because Joann Gair is so brilliant, but I would definitely need, like, a good long break for it.” NeedsLongBodyBreakPeriodsPaintBrilliantGood Long Author:Ronda Rousey
“The idea [of A Period of Transition album] was to get a break from everything for a while because I've been doing it for so long. I started doing it when I was 12.” LongIdeasBreakPeriodsTransition Author:Van Morrison