Women From The United States

"I rejected "infatuation" because although the meanings of the terms overlap in some respect, they differ in meaning, and evoke different connotations."

"Writers have been philosophizing, moralizing, and eulogizing on the subject of "erotic," "passionate," "romantic" love (i.e., limerence) since Plato (and surely long before that). And more often than not, what is said is enough to make a limerent dissolve into the walls in embarrassment. It can be dangerous to stick your neck out on the subject of love—dangerous to your self-esteem and to your reputation."

"It is not love. It is the force of evolution expressed as the compulsion for the particular, this particular one above all others. Often, it is called love. . ."

"Many writers on love have complained about semantic difficulties. The dictionary lists two dozen different meanings of the word "love." And how does one distinguish between love and affection, liking, fondness, caring, concern, infatuation, attraction, or desire? The Group was overwhelmingly of the opinion that loving and liking refer to quite different feelings, but what, precisely, constitutes the difference? Acknowledgment of a distinction between love as a verb, as an action taken by the individual, and love as a state is awkward. Never having fallen in love is not at all a matter of not loving, if loving is defined as caring. Furthermore, this state of "being in love" included feelings that do not properly fit with love defined as concern. As de Rougement said, being in love is not the same. One is a state; the other, an act, and an act is chosen, not something merely endured."

"Reaction to limerence theory depends partly on acquaintance with the evidence for it and partly on personal experience. People who have not experienced limerence are baffled by descriptions of it and are often resistant to the evidence that it exists. To such outside observers, limerence seems pathological. The phenomenon that provides the subject of much romantic poetry and fiction has been called an addiction, an indication of low self-esteem, irrational, neurotic, erotomanic, and delusional. To those without direct experience it seems inconceivable that a sane person could attach so much importance to another individual."

"Yesterday was unexpectedly my last day in the Office. I was summarily fired via memo from Main Justice that did not give a reason for my termination. Every person lucky enough to work in this office constantly hears four words to describe our ethos: Without Fear or Favor. Do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons without fear of retribution and without favor to the powerful."

"For the majority of my nearly ten years in SDNY, fear was never really conceivable. We don't fear bad press; we have the luxury of exceptional security keeping us physically safe; and, so long as we did our work with integrity, we would get to keep serving the public in this office. Our focus was really on acting "without favor." That is, making sure people with access, money, and power were not treated differently than anyone else; and making sure this office remained separate from politics and focused only on the facts and the law."

"We have entered a new phase where "without fear" may be the challenge. If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain. Do not let that happen. Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought. Instead of fear, let this moment fuel the fire that already burns at the heart of this place. A fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power. Of commitment to seek justice for victims. Of dedication to truth above all else. It has been an honor to fight for those principles by your side."

"Although the enthroned figure with its large head and sex organ defies identification, it is like figures shown—the other unidentified—in a yoga posture. On either side of the enthroned yogi and above his arms, a tiger and an elephant are on his right, a rhinoceros and buffalo on his left, and two antelopes are below, that is, in front of his throne. The composition of this steatite relief is hieratic. The horn-crowned and enthroned yogi forms an isosceles triangle whose axis connects the middle of the bifurcating horns, the long nose, and the erect phallus of the deity."

"The "time" of Prajapati, or Prajapati’s Time, allowed itself to be laid out spatially in a work of architecture. The time of Shiva flowed into the movement of the limbs of Shiva, the lord of the dance. Works of sculpture and architecture demonstrate, each in its own form, the time of which they are the symbols. The building of the Vedic altar, by the accompanying words of the sacred rite of architecture, is self-explanatory. Symbolically, time—the time of the seasons—was built into the altar. The form of the altar comprised time, conceived, as it were, in terms of space."

"The temple is the concrete shape (mūrti) of the Essence; as such it is the residence and vesture of God. The masonry is the sheath (kośa) and body. The temple is the monument of manifestation."

"Eunice Allen see the Indians comeing And hoped to save herself by running And had not her petticoats stopt her The awful creatures had not cotched her Nor tommyhawked her on her head And left her on the ground for dead."

"In every position to which Miss Bagnelle has been chosen, whether that of teacher, principal of schools, member of the board of education or county superintendent of schools, she has impressed her individuality upon her associates, and by originality of ideas, breadth of knowledge and success in discipline she has won the esteem of the members of her profession and the patrons of the public schools."

"Many of the qualities that have contributed to Miss Bagnelle’s success in educational work come to her from a worth ancestry."

"She will be an asset for the Center, and I know many of our scholars will want to draw on her extensive experience. Her work on issues of globalization, the information technology revolution, and the U.S. response capability to these post-Cold War developments dovetails with several key themes being emphasized in the Center's ongoing work."

"Hattie Babbitt has been a distinguished public servant, and the Center is delighted that she will be joining its community of public policy scholars"

"I am committed to interdisciplinary scholarship that crosses traditional sector lines. The Wilson Center provides an ideal setting for such work."

"Fineman is a truly generative and transformative scholar, spurring people to think in new ways about key terms like dependency, mautonomy, and vulnerability and about basic institutions such as the family and the state."

"Kathleen’s appellate skills and contributions to the practice of law have been widely recognized and honored."

"In other recognition, she has been repeatedly named a leading individual in Chambers USA, which reports that clients have described her as tremendously agile and a fabulous advocate, a consummate practitioner before any appeal court and a brilliant appellate lawyer."

"You don’t get to dictate the terms under which the work you put out there is received. “Mlle Bourgeoise Noire” is an extremely directed body of work. This trilogy that I did, [it was all about] what’s wrong with the art world, and what we need to do to remedy it. That work became so popular that it just took over. It’s been a bit of a struggle to get the other work—which is more what I consider the core of what I’m about, the anti-binary argument and all that—that’s a little bit harder to establish, I’ve found. "Lorraine O'Grady Has Always Been a Rebel" The New Yorker (interview by Doreen St. Felix published on September 29, 2022)"

"Bill [Monroe], in some ways, he was very inarticulate about his feelings. In other ways, he was very profound about his feelings. And when you got him into a certain mood where he was being more introspective, he really could be very profound, I felt."

"This soft music is not precious. It’s gnarly and intense, like the heart itself."

"Whether you’re reminiscing about late-night make out sessions in high school or surrounded by plenty of “cool” girls in your city, Soccer Mommy’s is something that defies age."

"Some of the magnetism of her pop-inflected indie rock comes from the winding shape of her melodies; in their unpredictable motion, they often resemble counterpoint written to a root melody that’s been erased."

"I lost myself to a dream I had And I’d never give it all away But I miss feeling like a person"

"I am fake it till you make it in a can And you have a calmness that I could never understand"

"I’m barely a person Mechanically working"

"I try to break your walls but all I ever end up breaking is your bones And the bruises show Standing in the living room talking as you’re staring at your phone It’s a cold I’ve known"

"Mary has a heart of coal She’ll break you down and eat you whole I saw her do it after school She’s an animal."

"I don't wanna be your fucking dog That you drag around A collar on my neck tied to a pole Leave me in the freezing cold."

"["Your Dog"] comes from a feeling of being paralyzed in a relationship to the point where you feel like you are a pawn in someone else's world. The song and the video are meant to show someone breaking away and taking action, but at the same time, it's only a quick burst of motivation. It's a moment of strength amidst a long period of weakness."

"Getting off social media was the greatest thing I could have done in terms of my relationship with fans. That sounds really counterintuitive, but when you meet people in real life, the experience is often really pleasant. I can’t remember the last time I had an actual bad time, except if someone was being a little strange or taking too long. The part that can start to make you feel really alienated is sitting on Instagram and interacting with a stranger. I’m just not that type of person. If I’m not on social media, I speak to maybe five people on a daily basis. I just don’t have any desire to be any other way. [...] It gives you such a negative view of what fans are thinking or what they want from you. [...] Flooding yourself with strangers is too much."

"I found God on Sunday morning laying next to you My arms stretched out like Jesus White sheets nail me down to the bed."

"If you’re as honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out."

"I don’t think that fashion is something people encourage in a lot of schools, but I think they should — it’s all about personal expression."

"It doesn't feel like it's just originating from my brain. It feels like I'm following an invisible thread of intuition, from one choice to the next... maybe I don't even fully understand once I've written it, but it just feels right. And I just trust that. And then over time, it reveals its layers of meaning to me. That's a mark of what I feel is a good song. It keeps me wanting to play it."

"Real love makes your lungs black Real love is a heart attack"

"I think I’m learning how to release every day. Recognizing that everything you encounter, touch, or love can become part of you, and in essence never disappears, as long as you can recall it to memory or heart. It’s all so connected that we lose everything, but also, we never lose anything."

"This place smells like piss and beer."

"I drove in circles 'round the freight train yard and he turned the headlights off Then he pulled the bottle out then he showed me what was love"

"I see all parallels."

"There's only so much letting go you can ask someone to do."

"Lenker isn’t the room-swallowing presence that [Frances] Quinlan is, but she more than makes up for it in commanding songcraft, which skews dynamic, dissonant, and placid without ever changing its sepia tone."

"There are a lot of very good people running for this position,"

"I’m not throwing my hat into that ring."

"If Robert Morganthau ever decided not to run again, that is something I would look at"

"What’s strange is I never told anyone I was interested in the job. In the last six months not a week goes by without someone asking me if I’m running. I ask them, ‘Where did you hear this?’"

"These are still allegations, I can’t prove or disprove them. I’ll never know the truth. The allegations don’t describe the father I knew."

"I’m not considering running against him. Only if there’s a vacancy. I think he’s saying he’s running — so we could be talking 2009."