“So, make a real effort to avoid getting sucked into all the expensive lifestyle habits of typical Americans. Because if you do that, then people with the money will dictate what you do with your life.” PeopleIfsRealEffortHabitLifestyleExpensiveTypical Book:Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman Source: Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
“The capitalist engine is first and last an engine of mass production which unavoidably also means production for the masses. . . . It is the cheap cloth, the cheap cotton and rayon fabric, boots, motorcars and so on that are the typical achievements of capitalist production, and not as a rule improvements that would mean much to the rich man. Queen Elizabeth owned silk stockings. The capitalist achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stockings for queens but in bringing them within reach of factory girls.” MenFirstsMeanDoeLastsGirlRichAchievementMassCapitalismProductionsImprovementQueensEnginesFactoriesBootsCapitalistProvidingFabricTypicalSilkCottonRich ManStockingsFirsts And LastsWithin ReachQueen ElizabethMass Production Author:Joseph A. Schumpeter
“Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the typical Hollywood beauty. Let's hope we're looking at the insides of people a little more.” PeopleLittlesIdeasHollywoodTypical Author:Anne Heche
“As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.” ImportantEffortPerspectiveMembersCongressBackgroundsCombinationTypicalVisitorsSmithsonian Author:Xavier Becerra
“My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in a middle-class suburb. That doesn't mean I didn't experience hardship, but to me it's not about that, it's about the future and where we are trying to take it.” TryingMeanHomeGrowsClassGrowing UpMiddleGrewProjectsGrew UpHip HopBackgroundsHipsMiddle ClassHopsHardshipTypicalSuburbsFamily Home Author:Kid Cudi
“I much prefer the company of the crew, the sort of 'blue-collar working person.' I much more have that sensibility than what the public perceives as what a typical actor would have.” PersonsActorsCompanyBluePerceiveSensibilityTypicalCrewCollarsBlue Collar Author:Michael Cudlitz
“I'm certainly not your typical front-man material. Some people love being on stage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking on stage.” PeopleMenStillsLove IsTalkingStageFrontsMaterialsComfortableOppositesTypicalCraveSpotlight Author:Dan Auerbach
“I didn't take the typical path and go to college after high school. Instead, I saved up money from teaching dance classes and moved to L.A. But my family was so supportive - I never felt pressure from them. It's crucial to find a support system, even if it's not your family.” IfsSchoolFeltClassSupportPathTeachingCollegeHigh SchoolMy FamilyPressureMovedSavedOur FamilyCrucialTypicalSupportiveSupport SystemsDance ClassAfter High SchoolLife After High School Author:Dianna Agron
“I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.” PeopleKnowsFacesThank GodTypicalUkrainian Author:Neko Case
“Up until college age I was using the typical little-boy dummy that sits on the knee and makes woodpecker jokes. My first original character didn't happen until later, and that was Jose the Jalapeno on a Stick.” FirstsLittlesCharacterHappensAgeBoysCollegeJokesOriginalsSticksKneesTypicalLittle BoysDummyWoodpeckersJalapenos Author:Jeff Dunham
“I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence.” StillsBigsToo MuchPlayerInfluenceGratefulTypicalBassBass PlayersBluegrass Author:Mike Gordon
“My relationships with both my mother and father are good. We spent several difficult years hashing over the problems and the past, and worked out a fairly solid middle ground. I wouldn't say my relationship with either of them - they're no longer together - is exactly typical, but that would be difficult after all we went through.” YearsProblemWould BeTogetherPastMotherFatherDifficultMiddleTypicalMother And FatherMiddle Ground Author:Marya Hornbacher
“I went to an all-girls pre school where everyone went off to Harvard or Yale, and I had zero interest in doing so. I think they thought I was on drugs. There was a neighboring all-boys school, so we'd get together and do dumb things. It was your typical Catholic-American upbringing.” ThinkingSchoolTogetherGirlInterestBoysDrugCatholicDumbZeroTypicalHarvardUpbringingGet TogetherYaleDumb ThingsPre School Author:Katherine Moennig