#mar

Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#capture #defined #developed #extend #institution

Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#another #bob #bob hope #had #him

The marketplace judges technologies by their practical effectiveness, by whether they succeed or fail to do the job they are designed to do. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#effectiveness #fail #job #judges #marketplace

A pregnancy is a marvelous moment that I would love to repeat and repeat. ↗

— Paz Vega

#love #marvelous #moment #pregnancy #repeat

Lidia Bastianich, sorry, but kind of boring. I mean, I love Lidia, but you can fall asleep watching her. And Mario Batali? I love Mario to death... but he's not romantic or sensual. Those are the things I bring to the table. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#boring #bring #death #fall #her

Personally I have always liked boys, but if it's a girl, marvelous, because I was raised among women. ↗

— Paz Vega

#among #because #girl #i #i was raised

I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character. ↗

— Suzanne Vega

#creative #express #humor #i #i think

I'm terrible at relationships. I consider myself to be smart and a good mother but it's taken me this long to realise you don't have to marry a guy after three days or dump him. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#consider #days #dump #good #good mother

The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#huge #information #marketed #now #rapid

I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation. ↗

— Jenny Eclair

#i #i think #incredibly #like #marriage