Jess Row Quotes

Writers of color are given certain messages - explicit or implicit - about what they're allowed to write about or what will be successful if they write about it. And white writers are given another set of implicit and, sometimes, explicit messages.

Jess Row

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ColorWhiteSometimesWillWrite

My grandmother valued her Southern roots, folk culture, and healing.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

CultureHealingRootsGrandmother

A healthy love life is not and should not be the preserve of those in their 20s and 30s. It's important at all ages.

Jerry Hall

LifeLoveHealthLove LifeHealthy

No one would look at an infant baby asleep, and say 'What a lazy baby!' We know sleeping is non-negotiable for a baby. But that notion is quickly abandoned.

Matthew Walker

BabyLookKnowLazySaySleeping

If you have the 'Total Information Awareness' project working, it might be relatively easy to find everyone who had bought more than a ton of fertilizer and 500 gallons of diesel in the last year, which would be a great way of spotting potential Tim McVeighs - but it would also spot half the farmers and ranchers in America.

John Perry Barlow

GreatPotentialAmericaYearYou

I think we can fairly conclude that writer-director Joss Whedon didn't make 'The Avengers' for me.

Steve Erickson

MeThinkMakeI ThinkConclude

My belief in God is responsible for what I am... How can I refuse to talk about something which is so much a prt of my life both as a man and as a actor?

Robert Vaughn

LifeGodManI AmMy LifeActor

I really can't write fantasy. I cannot invent a world which does not exist. And I can't read fantasy either. As soon as I realise I'm reading a book that hasn't got its roots in a reality I can comprehend, I switch off.

Michael Morpurgo

RootsWorldBookReadingReality

I tell people, and it's the truth, I could sit in my garage for a week and it won't make me a car. And you can sit in church till your bottom is flat and that won't make you a servant of Christ.

Joyce Meyer

CarTruthPeopleMeChurchYou

When the money dries up, the sites die off. That's the way to go after piracy.

Jared Polis

MoneyDieGoWayUpOff

I met Sade! I performed 'Blue Lights' at one of Drake's shows in London, and I met her backstage. She told me her son is a big fan. That was a moment when I was like, 'Wow.'

Jorja Smith

SonMomentBlueMeLightsLondon

I don't like the idea of things being off-limits to kids - like a fancy sitting room where they can't touch anything. I own vintage pottery cups, and I let my girls hold them. It teaches them to treat objects with respect.

Debi Mazar

RespectTreatVintageSittingTouch

The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common.

Craig Brown

ThinkDoingYouOthersSomething

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