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  • We have seen over and over that white male historians in general have tended to dismiss any history they didn't themselves write,on the grounds that it is unserious, unscholarly, a fad, too "political," "merely" oral and thus unreliable.

    Writing   White   History  
  • The common idea that scientists reject a theory as soon as it leads to a contradiction is just not so. When they get something that works at all they plunge ahead with it and ignore its weak spots... scientists are just as bad as the rest of the public in following fads and being influenced by mass enthusiasm.

  • A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it's a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion.

    Girl   Fashion   Thinking  
    "Interview: Righteous Babe Ani DiFranco". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. September 8, 1999.
  • Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

  • Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.

  • Though the academic authorities are actually proud of conducting everything by means of Examinations, they seldom indulge in what religious people used to descibe as Self-Examination. The consequence is that the modern State has educated its citizens in a series of ephemeral fads.

    Religious   Mean   Self  
  • Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.

    Talking   Fads   Novelty  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.

    Mistake   Fads   Noble  
  • All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.

  • I like [that] there's a certain inherent drama to those jobs that is exciting to tell stories about and it's still real life. I'm a little less interested in the current fad of being obsessed with superheroes and things that are so out of the box.

    Jobs   Real   Drama  
    "Ethan Hawke Talks Regression". Interview with Josh Lasser, www.ign.com. February 4, 2016.
  • Why do only the awful things become fads? I thought. Eye-rolling and Barbie and bread pudding. Why never chocolate cheesecake or thinking for yourself?

    Connie Willis (2010). “Bellwether”, p.119, Spectra
  • Humans have a strong desire to be part of a group. That desire makes us susceptible to fads, fashions, and idea contagions.

    Fashion   Strong   Ideas  
  • We treat racism in this country like it's a style that America went through. Like flared legs and lava lamps. Oh, that crazy thing we did. We were hanging black people. We treat it like a fad instead of a disease that eradicates millions of people. You've got to get it at a lab, and study it, and see its origins, and see what it's immune to and what breaks it down.

    Country   Crazy   America  
    Interview with Frank Rich, www.vulture.com. November 30, 2014.
  • This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad.

    People   Fads   Firsts  
  • Instruct regulators to look for the newest fad in the industry and examine it with great care. The next mistake will be a new way to make a loan that will not be repaid.

    "Bill Seidman's Brilliant Advice To Regulators" by Joe Weisenthal, www.businessinsider.com. May 14, 2009.
  • I think that there was a fad where everyone said, "I want you to create a signature step for my artist." The thing is, for me, music creates the step. The artist commands the step, you know?

    Thinking   Artist   Want  
    "Laurieann Gibson: ‘Backup dancer’ isn’t even in my vocabulary". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. May 27, 2011.
  • Flash mobbing may be a fad that passes away, or it may be an indicator of things to come.

    Passing Away   May   Fads  
  • I felt I should have been the happiest person in the world. But I looked inside, and that happiness was only on the surface, not so deep. Beneath it was hollow. Up until that time, I had been thinking meditation was a joke, a fad and a waste of time.

    "His Mission to Change the World Through Meditation". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2014.
  • The current fad in art, is to shock people or appear 'different'... My goal is to help people find the rays of sunshine in an often dark world.

    Art   Dark   Sunshine  
  • The 1990s, in New York at least, were all about who could have the baggiest pants, and I definitely got swept up in that fad. Luckily, it didn't last long - but I've made sure that my pants fit ever since.

    New York   Long   Fads  
    "Q&A: Five Questions for Skylar Astin". Interview with Nic Screws, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2013.
  • I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

    Fads   Privacy   Passing  
    Larry Niven (2010). “Stars and Gods”, p.361, Macmillan
  • Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

    Fashion   Art   Media  
    Song: Dedicated Follower of Fashion
  • The new fad thing that's going through America and around the world. It's called global warming.

    America   World   Fads  
  • I don't really chase trends and fads because they are fleeting.

    Fleeting   Trends   Fads  
    "Eric Benet Interview: New Album, Staying Authentic, Passion for R&B, Potential Project with Tamia". Youknowigotsoul.com Interview, youknowigotsoul.com. October 5, 2016.
  • Bureaucrats want bigger bureaus. Special interests are interested in whatever's special to them. These two groups bring great pressure to bear upon politicians who have another agenda yet: to cater to the temporary whims and fads of the public and the press.

    Two   Special   Pressure  
    P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty”, p.197, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
  • The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

  • We all know grandparents whose values transcend passing fads and pressures, and who possess the wisdom of distilled pain and joy.

    Pain   Grandparent   Joy  
    United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1980). “Jimmy Carter”
  • Our findings do not represent a quick fix, or the next fashion statement in a long string of management fads, or the next buzzword of the day, or a new 'program' to introduce. No! The only way to make any company visionary is through a long-term commitment to an eternal process of building the organization to preserve the core and stimulate progress.

  • Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.

    Team   Fads   Management  
  • Playing good girls in the '30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.

    Girl   Thinking   Play  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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