“Sex and love are like tea and milk. They can be mixed or they can be taken straight. Each has certain distinctive characteristics, but when they are combined they form a unique substance.” FormCertainSexTakenUniqueAnd LoveTeaSubstanceCharacteristicsMilkDistinctiveSex And Love Author:Joyce Brothers
“Women are penalized both for deviating from the masculine norm and for appearing to be masculine. When women try to establish their competence, they are scrutinized for evidence that they lack masculine (instrumental) characteristics as well as for signs that they no longer possess female (expressive) ones. They are taken to fail, in other words, both as a male and as a female.” TryingWellsTakenFailingEvidenceFemaleMalesCharacteristicsSexismNormMasculineCompetenceAppearingExpressive Book:Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership Source: Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership
“The fortress inspired a tremendous confidence. It was the only propeller driven aircraft I have flown that was completely viceless; there were no undesirable flight characteristics. The directional stability was excellent and, properly trimmed, the B-17 could be taken off, landed and banked without change of trim.” TakenInspiredDrivenFlightExcellentCharacteristicsAviationStabilityAircraftFortressesUndesirablePropeller Author:James Weldon Johnson
“You've no idea how wonderful toilet paper is until it's taken away from you by an unfeeling universe. I think it's the defining characteristic of human civilization, the ability to manufacture something decent to wipe your ass on.” ThinkingHumansIdeasUniverseAbilityTakenWonderfulCivilizationPaperAssNo IdeaCharacteristicsDecentToiletsDefiningWipeAway From YouToilet PaperHuman CivilizationUnfeeling Book:Judas Unchained Source: Judas Unchained
“Before the Conquest all art was of the people, and popular art has never ceased to exist in Mexico. The art called popular is fugitive in character, with less of the impersonal and intellectual characteristics of the schools. It is the work of talent nourished by personal experience and that of the community - rather than being taken from the experiences of painters in other times and other cultures.” PeopleArtCharacterSchoolCultureCommunityTakenTalentIntellectualPainterCharacteristicsMexicoConquestPersonal ExperiencesOther CulturesFugitiveBravo Book:Manuel Álvarez Bravo Source: Manuel Álvarez Bravo