No one is helped when cultural critics use their voices irresponsibly.
Roxane Gay
Recitation: by Male by Female
The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
John Dalberg-Acton
PowerGovernmentPeopleDemocracy
Graphic public service announcements about texting and driving or drinking and driving serve a purpose: to see the imagery in your mind so your behavior will change.
Mel Robbins
ChangeServicePurposeMindBehavior
Early college high schools in North Carolina and across the country show us that challenge - not remediation - is an approach to education that works.
Michael F. Easley
EducationChallengeCollegeEarlyUs
I love playing tennis. To me this is not a workout, but a fun extracurricular activity I do with friends so it doesn't feel like I'm working out.
Ana de la Reguera
LoveFunMeFeelFriendsTennis
Boxing's a business, and I've got a great team around me who have been looking after me in that sense.
Amir Khan
BusinessGreatMeTeamLookingBeen
Teachers say to me, 'The internet is full of rubbish, wrong answers.' But you would be surprised how just long it takes to find wrong information on Google, and where it's not obvious that it's wrong.
Sugata Mitra
MeInternetLongYouInformation
No, feminism isn't 'over.' We need it not only to challenge injustice but because the whole gender expectations thing is bad for men, too.
Robert Webb
ChallengeMenExpectationsInjustice
So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
TodayHopeTomorrowWriting
People sometimes turn out to be almost the opposite of how they present. It isn't because they're trying to fool you or because they're hypocrites. It's because they badly want to be that thing, and so they'll try to be it.
Mary Gaitskill
FoolPeoplePresentTryingYouWant
In the early days, start-ups make the main mistake of hiring people to do the work that they could do themselves.
Jon Oringer
WorkMistakePeopleEarlyDaysMake
'Hotel For Dogs' was fun for my family, but it was kind of hard to get in the audition room for 'Jennifer's Body' after that, you know? But I think the roles find me, in a way.
Johnny Simmons
FamilyFunMeThinkHotelBody
I was a Catholic youth minister for eight years... I'm not Catholic anymore. The church is too misogynistic.
Cindy Sheehan
YouthChurchYearsEightCatholic
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