{"author":"Tiffany Madison","author_id":"Tiffany+Madison","total_quotes":31,"quotes":[{"text":"True art is thoughtful, emotional examination of how human themes impact the overall experience of existing. The rest is kitsch.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["art","artist","existence","experience","humanity","life","truth"],"id":13454,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["california","capitalism","corruption","greed","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","socialism"],"id":18707,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my soul from her physical host.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["art","criminal","eternal-life","freedom","freedom-of-speech-dissent","freedom-of-thought","libertarianism","liberty","ownership","soul"],"id":20401,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"[On Female Attraction to Men in Uniform] That male military persona feeds a subconscious, passive-aggressive female desire to dominate the warrior as he is perceived an iconic example of masculinity (particularly amongst traditionally warlike cultures). The damsel in distress theme always struck me as embodying this: the hapless, innocently beautiful woman unwittingly enraptures the heroic male so completely that he would risk all to submit to her at his own peril, and quite in spite of it.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["damsel","literature","military-theory","passive-aggressive","romantic-themes","warrior"],"id":39382,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"Women's liberation is one thing, but the permeation of anti-male sentiment in post-modern popular culture - from our mocking sitcom plots to degrading commercial story lines - stands testament to the ignorance of society. Fair or not, as the lead gender that never requested such a role, the historical male reputation is quite balanced. For all of their perceived wrongs, over centuries they've moved entire civilizations forward, nurtured the human quest for discovery and industry, and led humankind from inconvenient darkness to convenient modernity. Navigating the chessboard that is human existence is quite a feat, yet one rarely acknowledged in modern academia or media. And yet for those monumental achievements, I love and admire the balanced creation that is man for all his strengths and weaknesses, his gifts and his curses. I would venture to say that most wise women do.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["culture","feminism","life","maleness","modernity","philosophy","popular-culture","postmodernism","western-civilization","wisdom","women-s-liberation"],"id":42027,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish species. Past human greatness has proven that when challenged, love can overpower impulsive instinct, and in essence, the vilest aspects of our nature.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["challenge","essence","flaw","human","human-condition","human-nature","humanity","illusion","instinct","instincts","love","lover","mind","nature","overpower","power","procreation","redemption","schopenhauer","schopenhauer-as-educator","selfish","species","violence","violent"],"id":46130,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"When the Rule of Law disappears, we are ruled by the whims of men.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["america","americanism","despotism","law","legal-system","men","police","police-state","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","rule-of-law","social-change","social-commentary","social-justice","social-norms","social-psychology","society","society-s-increasing-stupidity","state","surveillance","surveillance-society"],"id":64994,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"If one abandons their principles when tested by struggle, they were never true principles but advertisements for character they never possessed.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["advertisement-and-attitude","character","character-description","character-development","character","principles","principles-life","truth-of-life"],"id":67363,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"I'm not a writer. Ernest Hemingway was a writer. I just have a vivid imagination and type 90 WPM.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["ernest-hemingway","writing","writing-craft","writing-philosophy","writing-process"],"id":98992,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"},{"text":"I believe the world is divided in three groups: givers, takers and the few that can balance both impulses. Giving and loving is a beautiful thing. It is the currency of compassion and kindness, it is what separates good people from the rest. And without it, the world would be a bleak place. If you are a giver, it is wise to define your boundaries because takers will take what you allow them to; all givers must learn to protect that about themselves or eventually, there is nothing left to give.","author":"Tiffany Madison","tags":["compassion","giving","giving-up","love","relationships"],"id":103029,"author_id":"Tiffany+Madison"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":31,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}