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Barbara Grunkemeyer

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Marriage is an institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
SOURCE UNKNOWN
It's an opportunity to draw the entire community together. Not to focus on a man, but to focus on th...
JUDI HENSLEY
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.
MAE WEST
I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. Y...
JIM JORDAN
Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get som...
KARL LAGERFELD
It is important that those who read this book should not try to take an indecent advantage of Cathol...
HOWARD WILLIAMS
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST
Marriage is a wonderful institution... but who wants to live in an institution?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
GROUCHO MARX
Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?
GROUCHO MARX
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
MARX GROUCHO
We think that allowing an institution like NSA to operate basically outside our laws is very dangero...
BILL SULZMAN
A founder can carry an institution only so far, and then others have to step in, even the alumni. Th...
SHIV NADAR
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
H. L. MENCKEN
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution.
H. L. MENCKEN
I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES
An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.
DASHANNE STOKES
We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something m...
ERIC LIU
If a lending institution is faced with bids for a package of toxic assets that are less than the car...
ROGER ALTMAN
An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution...
G.K. CHESTERTON
We are a capacity building institution and we take enormous pride in our ability to deliver practica...
IMMS NAMASEB
We now only have one institution and that is our church -- we all belong to it.
VUK DRASKOVIC
Having an institution like [the CDC] says something about our values.
MARY SHAPIRO
We have developed programs for the school children in the county and we are adding to these programs...
JANET PRITCHETT
The Royal Academy of Dance is an institution that trains to a very high standard.
DARCEY BUSSELL
If we do not restore the Institution of Property we cannot escape restoring the Institution of Slave...
HILAIRE BELLOC
An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
That's reflective of our mission to be a starter institution.
CAROL D'AMICO
The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is secon...
OSWALD CHAMBERS
Obviously we want people to come and root us on, but it's kind of sad for an institution like the Le...
LON MILES
The issue that all of us face is that alumni love to have the institution frozen in amber. The truth...
GORDON GEE
I don't believe that someone who sets up an institution should be able to take out the money fro...
PALLAM RAJU
Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
The institution of Royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.
MARK TWAIN
It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity...
ALVEDA KING
Any man," she muttered, "who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut away...
LISA KLEYPAS
I know our institution has been damaged ... I accept my responsibility for that, and I intend to fix...
HOWELL RAINES
[Democracy:] An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.
KEITH PRESTON
One of the most important things about this project is that it is a partnership. Our major goal as a...
TIM NELSON
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of...
JOHANN VON GOETHE
We want it to be the institution that it was in its heyday.
PAUL NUNNALLY
I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution.
MARGARET SPELLINGS
We regret any actions our predecessors may have taken that supported or tolerated the institution of...
KEN LEWIS
We're an institution. We've been here for 20 years, as of April 3.
CARL JACOBY
Property is a central economic institution of any society, and private property is the central insti...
DAVID FRIEDMAN
God created the institution of marriage for mutual happiness and pleasure
PST ADELAJA SUNDAY
God created the institution of marriage for mutual happiness and pleasure.
SUNDAY ADELAJA
It sends the wrong message when we name an institution like that after someone like Bishop Hart.
BARBARA BLAINE
May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
the church was an international institution long before globalization.
SHANE CLAIBORNE
It's unfortunate that it happened. As far as the athletic department, we are going to abide by colle...
JAN MCDONALD
For an institution that was brought to its depths, Citigroup has built one of the strongest franchis...
FRANK BARKOCY
The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties ...
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
This is not a question of one man, but of an institution that needs to be reformed.
GUIDO TABELLINI
We want to change it from a New York institution with regional branches into a global institution wi...
RICHARD HOLBROOKE
Outside support is absolutely critical to our ability to provide scholarships for the many deserving...
CARY ISRAEL
Unfortunately, in this particular case, some of our initial communication played out in a way that w...
MIKE ALDEN
I feel that Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley is strong and on the right path for establishing an insti...
RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ
Any man,” she muttered, “who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut ...
LISA KLEYPAS
The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family.
PAUL JOHNSON
The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family
PAUL JOHNSON
We acted in the best interest of the institution, ... Our intentions were good and we didn't think w...
CARLOS RAMIREZ
We lose sight of the fact that this is a lawsuit under specific statutes, and that certain activitie...
FRED THOMPSON
Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th...
ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES
How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
The Q...
LEWIS CARROLL
Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS...
The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.
GEORGE SANTAYANA
That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.
EMINEM
Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind.
LEWIS GRIZZARD
Love is blind and marriage is the institution for the blind.
JAMES GRAHAM
The marriage of a man and woman is the most enduring human institution, honored in all cultures and ...
JEFF MILLER
A museum more than just an institution that houses objects. We took a look at how the museum uses it...
JAN SMITH
If we are a national institution, we must as a party reunite in rural and agricultural Canada. We ca...
MICHAEL IGNATIEFF
Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandem...
JON RONSON
It's more than a game. It's an institution.
THOMAS HUGHES
Family... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage ...
J. AUGUST STRINDBERG
Family... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage ...
AUGUST STRINDBERG
A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an i...
NEIL MACGREGOR
I think she is going to really try to make a difference. We all have a pretty good feeling that she ...
ELLEN PERRY
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.
JOSEPH MCCABE
It seems to me that Sotheby's is very much like the British monarchy: an old and apparently very...
ROBERT LACEY
She became an institution at the ballpark for many years. The Braves were very fortunate to have kno...
BOBBY COX
A professorship of theology should have no place in our institution.
RICHARD DAWKINS
Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it c...
BUD SELIG
This is not that common at academic medical centers, which provides some uniqueness to our instituti...
FERN HAUCK
necessary to ensure maintenance of high quality running of the institution.
CHARLES SIMONYI
It's an institution, it's a gathering place. It's a real part of the community.
BILL WOOD
Unfortunately the leading proponent of ignorance in our society has become the very same institution...
SUNDAY ADELAJA
Marriage is an institution and that's where a couple finish up.
LES DAWSON
We are happy with our overall financial performance in 2005. In addition to our first million-dollar...
JEFF COOMBS
Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's someth...
DAVID VITTER
A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution (the University of Virginia)
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Although we may not know it, we have, in our day, witnessed the birth of the Therapeutic State. This...
THOMAS S. SZASZ
Change is an institution that we all have to get enrolled into if we are really willing to make a di...
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Women's art, political art - those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality whic...
BARBARA KRUGER
Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, a...
BARBARA KRUGER
I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of mome...
BARBARA KRUGER
It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.
BARBARA KRUGER
I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning new...
BARBARA KRUGER
I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
BARBARA KRUGER
Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
BARBARA KRUGER
Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated...
BARBARA KRUGER
I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.
BARBARA KRUGER
I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation ...
BARBARA KRUGER
I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.
BARBARA KRUGER
We never really know what's around the corner when we're filming - what turn a story will ta...
BARBARA KOPPLE
Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.
BARBARA KOPPLE
I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmakin...
BARBARA KOPPLE
I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - w...
BARBARA KOPPLE
The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your bra...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
The first sentence of a book is a promise.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the be...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't ca...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brav...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you mi...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort ...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on be...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying o...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the l...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of a...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact t...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people ...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when th...
BARBARA KINGSOLVER