Roxane Gay Quotes

I try to understand faith and religion. I was raised by wonderful Catholic parents who were deeply faithful and taught us that God is a God of love.

Roxane Gay

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LoveGodFaithReligionParentsTry

When I was a kid, I used to think, 'Man, if I could ever afford all the ice cream I want to eat, that's as rich as I ever want to be.'

Jimmy Dean

ManRichThinkIceIce CreamWant

I resist and resent the idea of California as a metaphor. It's something thrust upon us, usually by people in the East.

John Gregory Dunne

PeopleCaliforniaSomethingUsIdea

Partisanship has gotten worse and worse.

John Hickenlooper

WorsePartisanshipGotten

I disoriented myself from everything about being a human being and just played and played and played and sang and sang and sang.

Jeff Buckley

MyselfHumanEverythingHuman Being

I'm such a sucker for love and I believe in it and I always want it to win.

Sophia Bush

LoveWinBelieveWantI Believe

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

Soren Kierkegaard

SafePortAdviseComfortably

It hasn't been a conscious thing, like, 'I don't want to listen to a bunch of dudes,' but I genuinely like music by women better.

Soccer Mommy

WomenMusicBetterWantListenBeen

Do you notice that all presidents have a dog? There is always a First Dog. Or two or three. You have to have a dog to be president, I guess.

Robert Fulghum

DogYouThreePresidentFirstTwo

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Miguel de Cervantes

StandHumanRecreationWithoutBow

Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished.

Bruce Nauman

WorkAngerFrustrationYouAnything

I love bolos levedos. I literally can't have a bag of them in my house because I'll eat them all in an hour.

Arden Myrin

LoveBagHouseEatBecauseHour

And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.

William Shatner

CreativityCelebrityStarInvolved

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