#material

In high school I never went to the prom because I was too consumed with gymnastics. Also, with my hair in pigtails and looking about 10, I wasn't exactly date material. ↗

— Cathy Rigby

#also #because #consumed #date #exactly

Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have a viable economy is to make things for people to buy so they’ll have jobs and get enough money to buy things. ↗

— Philip Slater

#commercialism #economy #endless-circles #failed-systems #greed

I like to think about stringing songs together like a string of pearls, or a string of beads, but ultimately it has to be stuff that really works with the band, and gives a spin to the older material. ↗

— Emmylou Harris

#band #beads #gives #i #like

The answer has to be sought in the material conditions of the production and utilization of cattle in India compared with the production and utilization of cattle in other parts of the world. ↗

— Marvin Harris

#cattle #compared #conditions #india #material

One thing that changed when I moved upstate was that I became interested in different materials. I started making the stone benches because I was seeing rocks. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#because #benches #changed #different #i

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#materialism #optimism #education

When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it. ↗

— Jack Lemon

#about #absolutely #admit #afraid #being

I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#i #materialize #movies #never #shows

This country was founded on a core set of family values. These values should not be discouraged and blatantly undermined by the airing of offensive material on broadcast television and radio. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#blatantly #broadcast #core #country #discouraged

Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly. ↗

— Agnes Martin

#artist #artwork #concern #exactly #experience