Roxane Gay Quotes

We have cellphones and smartphones and iDevices and laptops and the ability to be perpetually connected. We never have to miss anything, significant or insignificant.

Roxane Gay

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I have a concentrated period of work for about five months, and then I take a bunch of time off. That's just the way I work.

Joe Mantello

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I'm glad now, at age 66, that I never used alcohol or tobacco... I've buried a lot of friends who used tobacco or alcohol.

Jerry Falwell

AgeAlcoholFriendsNowNeverUsed

The leaders of the world face no greater task than that of avoiding nuclear war. While preserving the cause of freedom, we must seek abolition of war through programs of general and complete disarmament. The Test-Ban Treaty of 1963 represents a significant beginning in this immense undertaking.

Robert Kennedy

FreedomBeginningWarWorldFace

The world has proved enough times that it can scale cruelty and violence. Compassion and kindness can and must be scaled to create a world of justice for children.

Ann Cotton

KindnessChildrenJusticeCompassion

More traffic means more advertising dollars.

Jeff Zucker

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I think he Oswald felt he was a failure and for the United States and for President Kennedy and all of us. He knew he was a failure at everything he tried, frustrated, with a very sad life, but he was a Marxist.

John Sherman Cooper

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Every bit of knowledge we have demonstrates that there is a complete correlation between playing sports and success and potential for success. Playing sports is good for you physically, mentally, spiritually, psychologically.

John Skipper

SuccessGoodKnowledgeSportsYou

I'd like to be known for my character.

Soundarya

CharacterLikeKnown

The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and '30s, '40s and early '50s were written by veterans - mostly men who'd had experience in life. How can you write a lyric if you haven't really lived life?

Rudy Vallee

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We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.

Roy Barnes

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There's no shortage of material in life.

Jonathan Ames

LifeShortageMaterial

I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.

Dolly Parton

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