Roxane Gay Quotes

When I was a child, my parents took my brothers and me to Port-au-Prince during the summer so we could get to know the country of our ancestors. Because Haiti is an island, the beach is everywhere. Haitians are particular, even snobby, about beaches.

Roxane Gay

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BeachChildParentsMeCountryKnow

Everybody is always raving about the Rolling Stones, saying, 'The Stones this, and the Stones that.' I've never cared for the Stones. They never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department.

Joey Kramer

MeSayingNeverMusicallyAnything

Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.

Anatoly Karpov

FightFirstAgainstBeenExcellent

Traveling to Russia and Germany and being able to see the world at a young age was really cool for me, and I really liked that.

Mia Wasikowska

AgeMeCoolWorldYoungSee

The attorney doesn't decide what to do; the client ultimately decides what to do.

Michael Avenatti

DecideClientAttorneyUltimately

I know that every actor that I know, when Daniel Day-Lewis does a film, and he doesn't work that often, but we run to the theater to see what he's up to, and with such delicious excitement. The same goes for Meryl Streep.

Rosemarie DeWitt

WorkKnowRunActorExcitementSee

When I approached Volume 1 of 'Lucid,' I realized I could tell something that only exists in four issues, or I could roll the dice a bit and approach this as Season 1 of a TV show.

Michael McMillian

DiceTellSomethingRollShowFour

Hallmark makes beautiful films that feel as if they should be watched in a theater. The Hall family knows the power of stories, and they give us unforgettable movies with heart and depth and the resonance of classics.

Luanne Rice

FamilyHeartPowerBeautifulFeel

I love cities that are on the water. I love the water element, specifically the sea. I grew up on the sea and I grew up sailing - I love sailing - and the presence of the sea gives the air and the light a very special quality that I absolutely adore.

Connie Nielsen

LoveSeaLightWaterQualityAir

One day between takes on the 'Oz' set, I went into one of the cells and laid down and dozed off. When I woke up, I thought I was back in a federal pen. But I did my time, and today no one is more of a free man than Chuck Zito.

Chuck Zito

TodayTimeDayManFreeThought

The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience of all individuals is protected.

Asma Jahangir

FreedomReligionThoughtMatters

People assume that we have certain rights based on property that may be different now in a digital world.

Suzan DelBene

PeopleWorldBe DifferentNowRights

Islam is, to be sure, a big tent, and the one and a half billion Muslims in the world run the gamut from mystical, moderate, pacific Sufis to Salafists.

Peter Bergen

WorldRunIslamBigHalfSure

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