Roxane Gay Quotes

There are all kinds of people who continue to be largely ignored by advertisers, whose lives largely go unseen. They deserve their moment.

Roxane Gay

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Bridge the gap with closed minds though careful dissection of ideas and solid presentation of fact.

Maximillian Degenerez

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Tobacco smoke contains chemicals that weaken the body's immune system, making it more susceptible to disease and handicapping its ability to destroy cancer cells.

Michael Greger

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Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal policies that can strain a joint currency.

Amity Shlaes

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I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.

Simon Callow

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When the mothers start to shatter, then everything just comes undone.

Tori Amos

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I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself.

Tony Shalhoub

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Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.

Mary Wollstonecraft

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At its core, what's amazing about YC is you don't have to work to get in. You don't have to know anyone, so there isn't some type of old boys' club.

Michael Seibel

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I was always feisty, always that kid that would be on the porch with a hairbrush singing or rapping.

Missy Elliott

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I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable.

Bob Newhart

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I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.

Brie Larson

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Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard Nixon.

Archibald Cox

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