Quotes of: Latin-america Keyword

The first commendment of hte post 1970s meritocracy can be sumed up as follows: "Thou shall provide equality of opportunity to all, regardless of race, gender, or sexual oritentation, but worry not about equality of outcomes." But what we've seen tim...

Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy

Apocalyptic saucer cults have started to spring up all over America. One small group, which has been receiving messages from outer space via Lake City housewife Mrs. Marian Keech, becomes the subject of a research team led by psychologist Leon Festin...

Welcome to Mars: Politics, Pop Culture, and Weird Science in 1950s America

Natasha Romanoff: Alright, I have a question for you, of which you do not have to answer. I feel like if you don't answer it though, you're kind of answering it, you know? Steve Rogers: What? Natasha Romanoff: Was that your first kiss since 1945? Ste...

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

[Black Widow is flying a Quinjet, while a maskless Captain America and helmetless Iron Man stand in the back keeping an eye on Loki] Steve Rogers: I don't like it. Tony Stark: What? Rock of Ages giving up so easily? Steve Rogers: I don't remember it ...

The Avengers

Ray: Why didn't you wave hello to me today when I waved hello to you today? Jimmy: I was on a very strong horse tranquilizer today; Wasn't waving hello to anybody. Except... maybe to a horse. Ray: Huh? What are you talking about? Jimmy: Just horseshi...

In Bruges

Today I prayed for Boston, for America, my home away from home. Today, I realized how lucky we Sri Lankans are to have peace in our country. How I feel today, hearing of the bombs going off in the city brings back memories of how I used to feel four ...

Thisuri Wanniarachchi

In America, the glass is neither full nor empty. It is buy one, get one free.

Closure of the Helpdesk — A Geek Tragedy

On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.

Democracy in America

When men are oppressed, it's a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it's tradition.

Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America

But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

The recent Dictionary of Occupational Titles lists over twenty thousand specialized professions in America; being a millionaire is not one of them.

The Devil Tree

A written man is more porous and accessible than a live one.

Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America

An obsessed reader figured that ‘Armistead Maupin’ was an anagram for ‘is a man I dreamt up’.

Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America

If oppression produced saints, we’d want everyone to be oppressed.

Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America

America. The enemy. The rival. The land of jeans and rock and roll, of crime and capitalism, of poverty and oppression. Of home and freedom.

Enchantment

I may want to sleep with Miss America, but I have no wish to hear her talk about herself and her family.

Forewords and Afterwords

Don't just pull fears out of the thin air. Watch television. Learn what scares the talk show hosts.

Fear for America

You can think a thing over many times and still have no idea how you'll answer the question, if ever it's asked.

The Future Homemakers of America

In America, Fredericka, they don't really have trains for people. The trains here are used mainly to transport pigs, television sets, and fruit.

Freddy and Fredericka

Conversions were easy, but making full-time disciples was hard.

God's Forever Family: The Jesus People Movement in America

Vietnam was a country where America was trying to make people stop being communists by dropping things on them from airplanes.

Breakfast of Champions