When you're crowned Miss America, they put you up on a pedestal. People really look up to you and they think you're perfect. They ...think that you have everything that you've ever wanted or dreamed about in life.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A woman shall not wear a man's apparel, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whoever does such things is abhorrent to the... LORD your God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition... on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values.... Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Why should a blacksmith put his hands in the fire if he has tongs? She was paradigmatic of those fat, gigantic women in Londo...n, all bum and elbow, who wear itchy tentlike coats, carry absurd bags of oranges, and usually wheeze down beside you on the bus, smelling of shilling perfume and cold air. She wore "sensible" shoes, had one bad foot, smoked too much, and cultivated a look as if she were always about to say no. In all, she was a woman with the carriage and studied irascibility of a middle-aged prebendary in the Church of England, executrix of self-reliance, lawgiver, Diocletian reborn.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I taught school in the early days of my manhood and I think I know something about mothers. There is a thread of aspiration that r...uns strong in them. It is the fiber that has formed the most unselfish creatures who inhabit this earth. They want three things only; for their children to be fed, to be healthy, and to make the most of themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »