#pa

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#conception #contemporary #contemporary society #few #getting

My principal motivation is supporting my family, which is not a bad reason for getting up in the morning. That's always been my motivation - to take care of the people who rely on me. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#bad #been #care #family #getting

I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with one person for a lifetime, to bring your kids up in these really solid families. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#bring #families #generation #great #great way

I feel like the only person in the world who sees David Beckham modelling his swimming pants on the cover of Elle magazine and thinks - oh, how much better a handsome guy like you would look, David, without all those dumb ink stains stitched into your skin. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#better #cover #david #dumb #feel

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#apart #argument #before #child #convincing

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#like #paving #road #start #walking

My grandpa was a preacher. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#preacher

I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#battery #complete #complete person #evil #feel

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#am #capable #i #i am #i can

If I hadn't been a woman, I'd be a drag queen for sure. I like all that flair and I'd be dressing up in them high heels and putting on the big hair. I'd be like Ru Paul. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#big #big hair #drag #dressing #flair