Roxane Gay Quotes

I have never dreamed of being a princess. I have not longed for Prince Charming. I have and do long for something resembling a happily ever after. I am supposed to be above such flights of fantasy, but I am not. I am enamored of fairy tales.

Roxane Gay

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I AmLongPrincessNeverFairy

There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there's a mental health service for all, where there is education service for all.

Jeremy Corbyn

EducationHealthServiceSociety

Views are overrated; it's light that counts. I have an apartment in Miami's South Beach, and I get tired of looking at the ocean. Even that view gets old after a while. Sunlight streaming into a room - it never gets old.

Michael Graves

LightBeachOceanTiredLooking

I first discovered Tampa in my 20s when I met my wife, who was living there, and I instantly fell in love with the city. It's somewhere between a big city and small town, so you get the feeling of both.

Michael Connelly

LoveWifeCitySmallYouSmall Town

For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.

Steve Israel

WomenMenRetirementSecurityMore

If you go far enough back, your genome connects you with bacteria, butterflies, and barracuda - the great chain of being linked together through DNA.

Spencer Wells

GreatTogetherEnoughYouBackGo

I think when someone becomes an actor, people say, Aw, you could see it in him when he was little. But I think you can see that quality in every little kid.

Skeet Ulrich

QualityPeopleThinkSomeoneYou

Those reflective moments for me usually come from loneliness and separation from people.

Soccer Mommy

LonelinessPeopleMeMomentsCome

Within a culture possessed by the myth of feminine evil, the naming, describing, and theorizing about good and evil has constituted a maze/haze of deception. The journey of women becoming is breaking through this maze - springing into free space, which is an a-mazing process.

Mary Daly

GoodWomenJourneyCultureSpace

You give them recommendations. You throw different angles at them where, hopefully, they can get something out of it.

Mike Butcher

YouOutAnglesSomethingDifferent

My career in the movie business began in Hong Kong, my heart has always been tied to Asia, and it is immensely gratifying to see international recognition for Asian cinema as a whole.

Michelle Yeoh

BusinessHeartRecognitionCareer

In the past, a blow to the international system's strongest power would have been welcomed by its rivals. In the wake of September 11, however, every significant government in the world declared its support for the United States.

Michael Mandelbaum

PowerPastGovernmentSupportWorld

A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more.

Jayne Mansfield

PerseveranceCoffeeYouWillMore

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