Roxane Gay Quotes

Maybe true love isn't out there for me, but I can sublimate my loneliness with the notion that true love is out there for someone.

Roxane Gay

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LoveLonelinessTrue LoveLove IsMe

When I think about a book like 'A Clockwork Orange,' which I really loved, the weird hybrid language is what I remember most.

Jennifer Egan

BookThinkLanguageLovedWeird

There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.

John Lasseter

JobCreativeTalentI AmAmazing

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

Matthew Macfadyen

CharacterRomanticFeelActorMore

If you see 'Pollock,' I weighed almost 270 pounds.

Jeffrey Tambor

YouSeeAlmostWeighedPounds

I think of the nudes as seed pods, like flowers or grasses. They are universal bodies.

Ruth Bernhard

FlowersSeedThinkUniversalLike

St. Paul's Chapel stands - without so much as a broken window. Little miracle.

Rudy Giuliani

BrokenWindowMiracleWithoutLittle

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

Jay Leno

MotherFamousYouHeardUntil

If I'm on a show, then that's my favorite channel.

Jason Dolley

ShowFavoriteThenChannel

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.

Joseph Sobran

PurposeGovernmentEmpireDefense

My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was not a member of. Always had to pay my own rent. But I don't really have any concept of how money works. I don't know how much things cost. Like a BMW. Or a quart of milk. It's embarrassing.

Chloe Sevigny

MoneyJobHouseKnowMilkMy Own

I try and live my life in bite-size chunks.

Craig Ferguson

LifeLiveMy LifeTryChunks

What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are certain types of Airbnb people, and they are in every city in the world - it's just that in some cultures, there is more of a generational divide.

Brian Chesky

PeopleCityWorldMoreCultures

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