Roxane Gay Quotes

It's so hard to write about countries like Haiti because there's truths behind the misperceptions people have. But there's so much more. There are multiple truths.

Roxane Gay

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I was not a name; I was not a face. I was not going to finance a movie. No one was going to come and pay tickets to see me.

Joe Alwyn

FinanceMeFaceNamePaySee

I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality.

Jermaine Jackson

TimeWorldSocietyBelieveReality

Transformation as a female actor is allowed up to a certain extent - as long as they can still recognize you on a red carpet. For a woman to be a shape-shifter, and to be that malleable in spirit, is really not OK with the patriarchy.

Andrea Riseborough

WomanRedTransformationLongYou

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Our touchstones of slavery are 'Song of the South,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'The Birth of a Nation.' It's hard to separate the cinematic quality from the underlying themes. I appreciate the films, but the message was repugnant.

John Ridley

QualityWindSlaverySongAppreciate

What's really the driver of talent is not raw ability. It's not even just experience. It's what's called 'deliberate practice,' which is to say, if you do something a lot, you get really good at it.

Stephen J. Dubner

GoodExperienceTalentPracticeYou

1968 was the beginning of the hippie movement in fashion. That movement made fashion change completely. It was not necessary to be always dressed up. You could be dressed the way you wanted - it was absolute freedom.

Sonia Rykiel

ChangeFreedomBeginningFashionYou

I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much.

Simon Sinek

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I'm trying to find a little joy and happiness, a lot of giggles - and maybe some pretty shoes.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity.

Ron Fournier

ChangeFearMorningGreatIdentity

In 2005, the last year of his life, Ahmad Abu Adass was 22 and still living with his parents in Beirut, Lebanon. He was kind and liked people, his friends later told investigators, but none of them thought he was very sophisticated.

Ronen Bergman

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I had this total obsession that I would have my first movie at the Empire when I was 24, so it was a big disappointment that it didn't happen.

Miguel Sapochnik

DisappointmentFirstObsessionBig

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