Roxane Gay Quotes

For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment.

Roxane Gay

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LifeMomentQuestionsYouPrivacy

Our 'realities' are make-believe - whatever we make ourselves believe, we experience.

Jen Sincero

ExperienceBelieveWhateverMakeOur

It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable.

Andrew Cohen

IgnoranceActionEnoughWayStrive

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense.

Max Frisch

GuiltyCitizenLevelOffenseAbove

I'll be honest: 'Badlands' changed my life: it really did rewire my brain as to how film can operate.

Jeff Nichols

LifeBrainMy LifeHonestFilmHow

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

Alphonso Jackson

WorkHard WorkEducationGoodLie

I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.

Stanley Fish

SupportMeAbortionRightsClear

When I was growing up in New Jersey, my mom would regularly take my sister and I into the city to see shows. I have many fond memories of standing in the half-price ticket line in Times Square and going to matinees.

Trey Anastasio

MemoriesCityMomSisterGrowing Up

I have very strong relationships with my actors when I'm shooting. When you love an actor's work, you always feel you have to go further, and you make several films together. One film just gives you time to get acquainted.

Claire Denis

WorkLoveTimeTogetherStrongYou

Billie Jean King is one of the all-time tennis greats; she's one of the superstars. She's ready for the big one, but she doesn't stand a chance against me. Women's tennis is so far beneath men's tennis; that's what makes the contest with a 55-year-old man the greatest contest of all time.

Bobby Riggs

WomenTimeMenManKingMe

In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation's laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes.

Bob Ney

SocietyBelieveViewNothingNeed

In Britain, the big supermarkets dominate our food chain. British supermarkets are some of the best in the world at controlling, manipulating and delivering cheap food.

Arthur Potts Dawson

FoodBestWorldCheapBigBritish

I've got 4,000 cell phone minutes, and I take it to the limit every month.

Suzy Shuster

Cell PhonePhoneLimitMonthTake

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