Michelle Dean There are, of course, fat characters in books out there, some of them quite enduring and famous. But they tend to be creatures of young-adult or commercial fiction. – Michelle Dean Books Quotes Characters Quotes Commercial Quotes Creatures Quotes Enduring Quotes Famous Quotes Fat Quotes Fiction Quotes Tend Quotes Youngadult Quotes It is no secret, of course, that people have strong feelings about fat – feelings that seem only to have been inflamed by the sense, in western countries, that there is an obesity crisis afoot. Concerns about health have mutated into a kind of panic attending any mention of fat people at all. We are reminded repeatedly, often by older men, that western civilization has died on the altar of social media.
CommunicationGreg Gutfeld Before language, cavemen simply grunted, and then they used the club. Communication changed that. It’s the mechanism that created civilization and prevents its own destruction. – Greg Gutfeld
Finn Cole I love the idea of having control over the creative process and looking at the bigger picture. – Finn Cole
Robert J Flaherty Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit. – Robert J Flaherty
Lapo Elkann Made in Italy’ is from the tycoons of the ’80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don’t belong to and I don’t feel a part of. – Lapo Elkann
Indra Nooyi I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn’t get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years. – Indra Nooyi
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