Claire Messud Quotes

Women's anger is very scary to people, and to no one more than to other women, who think, 'My goodness, if I let the lid off, where would we be?'

Claire Messud

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WomenAngerPeopleThinkGoodness

For me, feminism is about equality. So, when someone works for a Wall Street firm and says they're a feminist, my eyes are going to roll.

Jodie Evans

EyesEqualityMeSomeoneWallGoing

I think what I'm going to do is get more balance in my life to still be able to go out and play the hard rock 'n' roll and do what I like to do in music.

Joan Jett

LifeMusicBalanceThinkMy LifeGo

I have never been a good dancer but am very passionate about it.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

GoodNeverPassionateBeenVeryAm

Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up.

Jeff Sessions

FutureResponsibilityStepUpOwn

I feel like God's given me a gift that I want to steward and share with the world.

Andy Mineo

GodMeWorldGiftFeelWant

Everything happens every night for this audience, and it's a very special occasion to come to the theatre.

Roger Rees

TheatreNightSpecialEverything

I grew up in the church, and my mom is, like a major prayer warrior.

Rotimi

PrayerMomChurchWarriorUpLike

It is mistaken to claim that global problems will be solved more quickly if only researchers would abandon their quest to understand the universe and knuckle down to work on an agenda of public or political concerns. These are not 'either/or' options - indeed, there is a positive symbiosis between them.

Martin Rees

PositiveWorkProblemsPolitical

The DVD does make it a little easier for myself to trim things that are otherwise very difficult to let loose of - knowing that they'll make it on the DVD.

Jay Roach

MyselfKnowingDifficultLittleMake

As it is, the grotesque distortions of the global market mean that for every dollar the West dispatches to Africa in the form of aid, two dollars are clawed back through subsidies and tariff barriers: a monumental rip-off by the rich as they instruct the poor to accept 'free' trade or else.

Jonathan Dimbleby

FreeRichBackAcceptAfricaPoor

Through adopting radical extremism, some young men who previously felt humiliated and emasculated by their peers can now feel powerful and intimidating - and gain status, attention from young women, and the comradeship and solidarity of other young men like themselves.

Deeyah Khan

WomenMenFeelAttentionPowerful

As a novelist, there are three phone calls you never expect to receive in your lifetime because if you waited for them you would grow despairing - one calling from Stockholm with a Swedish accent, one from the NBA, and one from Oprah Winfrey.

Chris Bohjalian

GrowYouPhoneThreeNeverExpect

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