Famous quotes containing the words european, source and/or book:
“European society has always been divided into classes in a way that American society never has been. A European writer considers himself to be part of an old and honorable traditionof intellectual activity, of lettersand his choice of a vocation does not cause him any uneasy wonder as to whether or not it will cost him all his friends. But this tradition does not exist in America.”
—James Baldwin (19241987)
“The practice of S/M is the creation of pleasure.... And thats why S/M is really a subculture. Its a process of invention. S/M is the use of a strategic relationship as a source of pleasure.”
—Michel Foucault (19261984)
“The demonstrations are always early in the morning, at six oclock. Its wonderful, because Im not doing anything at six anyway, so why not demonstrate?... When youve written to your president, to your congressman, to your senator and nothing, nothing has come of it, you take to the streets.”
—Erica Bouza, U.S. jewelry designer and social activist. As quoted in The Great Divide, book 2, section 7, by Studs Terkel (1988)