Roxane Gay Quotes

I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism.

Roxane Gay

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I feel very strongly that clothes that fit well make a person feel better. It's maybe half the value of the merchandise.

Jil Sander

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The place where I grew up is the center of surfing. Everyone who grows up on the North Shore surfs, and from October to March, you have the best waves in the world within a 5- to 7-mile stretch. I grew up in the center of these incredible sunsets and all these incredible waves. And then we have the Triple Crown of Surfing.

John John Florence

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A lot of the time I hate acting. It has a lot to do with the way I was brought up in a world where showing your emotions is frowned upon. It's just not manly. I don't do anything in life because I love doing it. It's because I want to be good at it.

Matthew Fox

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I was born in Begusarai in Bihar. Then I spent 10 years in Kolkata and later hopped from Kathmandu to Delhi and, finally, Mumbai.

Sriti Jha

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I'm a Jersey kid originally, and I went to Ramapo State College. That was back in '78.

Ron Cephas Jones

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I do have to step out and take time to let people know that I'm Ronnie Dunn and not Brooks and Dunn.

Ronnie Dunn

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I grew up watching MTV, when Journey was huge, when Pat Benatar had 'Love Is a Battlefield,' and my friends and I used to cut school to watch this woman in the video. We loved Pat Benatar.

Mary J. Blige

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Playing Aung San Suu Kyi was a journey in itself. She represents many things for many people and for many reasons. Although I have played many important roles in my life, I can say that this role has been a journey of self-realisation.

Michelle Yeoh

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I remember what it was like when my parents couldn't help me with my homework because they couldn't speak the language, or being a translator for my parents. I did that a lot.

Milana Vayntrub

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This is not Tolstoy. I don't want to know what critics and professors think of what I'm writing. It might hurt my feelings.

Lisa Kleypas

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I think that my whole journey had been getting to the place where I can accept myself for who I am, to be the woman that I'm meant to be, but you have to get there first.

Chrissy Metz

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I've always loved film and wanted to work in film. I just love working and creating new characters, and trying different genres and different things.

Alison Brie

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