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Here is a new car, a new iPhone. We buy. We discard. We buy again. In recent years, we've been doing it faster.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: Again Been Buy Car Discard Doing Faster Here Iphone New New Car Recent Recent Years Years

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Each person's drive to overwork is unique, and doing too much numbs every workaholic's emotions differently. Sometimes overwork numbs depression, sometimes anger, sometimes envy, sometimes sexuality. Or the overworker runs herself ragged in a race for attention.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: Anger Attention Depression Differently Doing Drive Each Emotions Envy Every Herself Much Overwork Person Race Runs Sexuality Sometimes Too Too Much Unique Workaholic

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People who volunteer at the recycling center or soup kitchen through a church or neighborhood group can come to feel part of something 'larger.' Such a sense of belonging calls on a different part of a self than the market calls on. The market calls on our sense of self-interest. It focuses us on what we 'get.'

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: Belonging Calls Center Church Come Different Feel Get Group Kitchen Larger Market Neighborhood Our Part People Recycling Self Self-Interest Sense Something Soup Than Through Us Volunteer Who

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Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton's personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission - his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: Actually Answer Beyond Bill Bill Clinton Cause Clinton Embrace Failure He Himself His Idealism Important Inspired John John F. Kennedy Kennedy Lies Monica Moral More Omission Part Personal Popularity Reduced Sin Surely Young

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Children born of married parents in America face a higher risk of seeing them break up than children born of unmarried parents in Sweden.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: America Born Break Break Up Children Face Higher Married Parents Risk Seeing Sweden Than Them Unmarried Up

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We think we're saving time with microwaves, cell phones, beepers, computers and voice mail, but often these things help us create the illusion of getting somewhere - and they foster a chain of constant activity. We're really just squeezing extra activity into every minute that we gain.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: Activity Cell Cell Phones Chain Computers Constant Create Every Extra Foster Gain Getting Help Illusion Just Mail Minute Often Phones Really Saving Somewhere Things Think Time Us Voice

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Many women cut back what had to be done at home by redefining what the house, the marriage and, sometimes, what the child needs. One woman described a fairly common pattern: I do my half. I do half of his half, and the rest doesn't get done.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: Back Child Common Cut Done Fairly Get Had Half His Home House Many Marriage Needs Pattern Redefining Rest Sometimes Woman Women

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The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower wage and status at work and the threat of divorce reduce what she presses for and actually expects.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: Actually Aspirations Divorce Equal Expects Her Home Hopes Increased Lower Paid Power Raise Reduce She Status Threat Treatment Wage Woman Women Work

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Paradoxically, those who call for family values also tout the wonders of an unregulated market without observing the subtle cultural links between the family they seek to regulate and the market they hold free.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: Also Between Call Cultural Family Family Values Free Hold Links Market Observing Regulate Seek Subtle Those Values Who Without Wonders

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In response to our fast-food culture, a 'slow food' movement appeared. Out of hurried parenthood, a move toward slow parenting could be growing. With vital government supports for state-of-the-art public child care and paid parental leave, maybe we would be ready to try slow love and marriage.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: Appeared Care Child Child Care Could Culture Fast-Food Food Government Growing Leave Love Marriage Maybe Move Movement Our Out Paid Parental Parenthood Parenting Public Ready Response Slow Supports Toward Try Vital Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: January 15th, 1940

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