Roxane Gay Quotes

What worries me is that 'post-racial' America is not that different from the Americas that have preceded us, and it might not ever be.

Roxane Gay

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MeAmericaUsDifferentWorries

How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with it... Certain people are just more watchable, and I was more watchable, but I don't think I understood acting or drama very well when I was a kid.

Joan Chen

PeopleThinkYouActingBornDrama

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.

John Ciardi

LoveLove IsYoungExcitementOld

I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation.

Megan Fox

FunnySmartInterestingConversation

I mean, I'm in the business of storytelling, not message making.

John le Carre

BusinessStorytellingMeanMessage

I love being in Ojai. It's kind of a travel destination because I drive to it from Los Angeles. I also love Italy.

Anna Getty

LoveTravelDestinationDriveKind

The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York more money, by more than double, than any other city in the country.

Michael Chertoff

MoneyNew YorkCityCountryNewUp

It's not the actor's job to be interesting; that's the script's job. It's our job to be truthful and brave.

Mia Goth

JobBraveInterestingActorTruthful

I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.

Tony Blair

SurvivalHandsFindPersonNormal

I'm not particularly tall, strong, fast, or aggressive.

Robert Downey, Jr.

StrongFastAggressiveTall

The reversal of a Supreme Court opinion is possible.

Mike Rounds

OpinionPossibleSupreme CourtCourt

My walk is consistently made fun of.

Michelle Pfeiffer

WalkFunMadeConsistently

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

Michael Jordan

NegativeThinkResultYouNeverBig

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