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Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

~E. L. Doctorow

Topics: Acceptable Form Schizophrenia Socially Writing

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Enormous slaughter may have been acceptable in previous centuries. It simply isn't acceptable anymore.

~Edward Luck

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All growing up, the outside world wants to tell you what you can and cannot do as a female - what sports are acceptable, what sports are appropriate, what is appropriate to study, what is appropriate to say. But luckily, I have a strong family, and my mom is the most amazing mom in the world. She never let me worry about biases.

~Elana Meyers

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The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

~Elfriede Jelinek

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There are some extremely acceptable male comedians out there: Joel Osteen, Abraham Lincoln, the man who played Phil Spector in HBO's 'Phil Spector.' But even those guys, while insightful and amusing, aren't exactly funny.

~Ellie Kemper

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Personally, I don't think it is acceptable to manipulate the human germline for the purpose of changing some genetic traits that will be transmitted over generations.

~Emmanuelle Charpentier

Topics: Acceptable Changing Generations Genetic Human Manipulate Over Personally Purpose Some Think Traits Transmitted Will

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Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.

~Eva Mendes

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I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable.

~Eve Ensler

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A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so.

~Eyvind Johnson

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I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.

~Florence Welch

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