Jessica Valenti Quotes

The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you 'belong' to someone, and your man makes bank.

Jessica Valenti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 1, 1978

Topics

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I loved dancing as a young girl.

Andie MacDowell

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It's great to have a home and everything else that comes with it.

Michelle Dockery

HomeGreatEverythingElse

Ask anyone on Social Security if their check comes on time every month. Like clockwork. And it comes through the so-called dilapidated U.S. mail. My dad's check literally will come on the same day every month. The government has been quite good and efficient at creating a number of systems.

Michael Moore

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I was the funny one in my group; there was a lot pressure to be responsible for everyone's happiness. I didn't like watching other friends of mine be called the 'pretty one' or the 'smart one.' That had no depth, and it didn't match how I knew them.

Lucy Dacus

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The players who have been with the national team for a long time are used to international competitions, used to playing against the best in the world.

Julen Lopetegui

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We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but trying to love other people. That is a full-time job.

Anne Rice

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You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little insight, a moment of escape, a deepening of your own humanity. Not much else.

Anne Roiphe

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I had my first baby at twenty-one.

Alice Munro

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I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability.

Pola Negri

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The world isn't all happy, shiny people, and great art doesn't come from vanilla. Great art comes from people with a point of view and are very passionate.

Scott Borchetta

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You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.

Tiffeny Milbrett

AmazingYouWhyAskSameMold

There are some scary statistics out there: one in five kids aged 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation or approach via the Internet.

Mark Kennedy

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