Ross Gay Quotes

'Beloved' by Toni Morrison. I think I read it first in college and have read it every few years since. The language itself is remarkable. I don't know that I've read a book that explains America so well.

Ross Gay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1974

Topics

CollegeBookThinkLanguageAmerica

I wish it wasn't so natural for me to dwell on the past.

Jenny Zhang

PastMeWishDwellI WishNatural

Rock stars aren't crapped out of the sky.

Andy Biersack

StarsSkyRockOutRock Stars

Putting babies as young as two weeks into child care for the first year of their life, for 60 hours a week, will cause their brains damage.

Mem Fox

LifeChildCareWeekYearYoung

But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me.

Robert MacNeil

MeCountryWayMeanEverythingHere

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.

Stephen Gardiner

NewCreationCaveMeanSomething

He was a great man, my granddad, a very calm, logical and methodical guy. I suppose I'm trying to be more like him as I get older.

Steven Hall

GreatManCalmGreat ManTryingHim

Having done what I've done at 24 years old, I'm not the kind of person who likes to be out of work.

Tomi Lahren

WorkPersonDoneKindOldOut

Every time I start the next movie, it's as exciting as the first time.

Rob Zombie

TimeStartFirst TimeFirstNext

When I was told that I was being offered a role in 'Miss Julie,' I already knew I wanted to do it.

Logan Marshall-Green

MissBeingRoleKnewWantedJulie

I have loved music so much from when I was little, and I don't know whether it was because I saw my dad doing it and then I got the idea; I don't know what came first... But I always had a hairbrush in the mirror singing. I was always with him backstage; I would go out and be pulled in for the last song.

Lisa Marie Presley

MusicMirrorSingingSongLovedGo

I've learned that 'love' is used a lot in the States for everything: 'I love that burger,' 'I love my shoes,' 'I love a friend.' To me, if it's overused, it loses meaning.

Juan Pablo Galavis

ChangePeopleTreatProblemsYou

Sometimes I play for the media, sometimes for the fans, sometimes for my sponsors, and sometimes it's for my family. Really, I play for everyone.

Jason Day

FamilyMediaPlaySometimesEveryone

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