Jodi Kantor Quotes

I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can be used to create systemic, long-term, real change. And the first lady is more of a skeptic.

Jodi Kantor

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To me, Shakespeare uses the supernatural elements to reveal his character's inner desires and fears.

John Foster

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They're like, 'Oh, you did a...' and I'm like, 'I did a what?' No, I flipped twice. I twisted twice. They go, 'It's called a...' and I'm like, 'Why do I need to know that? I just need to go and do that.'

Simone Biles

YouGoKnowWhyNeedTwice

My message to women is it's okay not to toe the party line on every issue. You don't have to be a puppet or a mouthpiece for your party on every issue. You can be an independent thinker; you can take it issue by issue, and that's okay. You shouldn't be told, 'You can't sit with us.'

Tomi Lahren

WomenYouPartyIndependentOkayUs

I gravitated toward stand-up because there's no overhead. I mean, literally, there's no overhead: Often, you're outdoors performing in front of groups of people.

Mike Birbiglia

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I was on 'The Shield' for a year before 'Crash' came out, and it was like doing an independent film every week.

Michael Pena

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I was interested in a lot of subjects from very early on. And that's uniquely Chicano because every Chicano I knew always had three jobs.

Cheech Marin

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But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.

Audre Lorde

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I have always felt that just to show love, you don't have to make two people do intimate scenes. That is not the idea of 'I love you.'

Ali Fazal

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Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims.

Susan Sontag

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I walked out with 14 advertising projects.

Peter Max

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Nothing adventured, nothing attained.

Peter McWilliams

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The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.

Twyla Tharp

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