Roxane Gay Quotes

If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that's her choice, and I still think she can be feminist while doing that.

Roxane Gay

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I'm kind of in a middle space, being marketed as a biracial actor. Roles are written either stereotypically black, or they're written 'normal,' which is just code for white.

Jesse Williams

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Hesitation is often like procrastination. One may have vague doubts and feel a need to mull things over; meanwhile, other issues intrude on thought, and no decision is taken. Ask people why they procrastinate, and you probably won't get a crisp answer.

Robert J. Shiller

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I like to joke that if I had a dollar for everybody who slapped me on the back and said, 'Hey Jeb, you're all set,' I'd be retired now.

Jeb Bradley

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The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.

Tom Lantos

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We need to do more to support working families, like guarantee access to paid sick and parental leave and make sure every parent has access to quality, affordable child care.

Tom Perez

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I'm an efficient striker, but I'm not a joker.

Michy Batshuayi

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Those of us who have not had the experience of being invaded by the Germans are in no position to criticize those who accommodated themselves to German occupation, with its ferocious punishments for those who expressed even the mildest opposition.

Michael Korda

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I can't relate to people who treat me as a 'famous person.' I only like to hang around with people who treat me as a regular person because that's what I am. All people are really just regular.

Judy Blume

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I have this coat that I got in a nefarious deal years ago. It's a Johnny Carson coat, and I've had it remade three times. It's mine all the time. Carson was a real man, and I thought, 'Coats for real men by real men? I'm in.'

Josh Homme

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Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.

Chris Van Allsburg

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In the Iraq war, for instance, so much of the information is digitized and can easily be wiped out. That will make it very hard to write accurate histories. Also, there's a much greater opportunity for suppression of information before it can even be archived.

Antony Beevor

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I would love to work with PJ Harvey some day.

Sharon Van Etten

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