Alice Dreger Quotes

I don't have the panic I used to have, meeting people who are androgynous, but when you meet someone whose identity is unclear, that throws your own identity into flux because the way we treat each other is very gendered.

Alice Dreger

Recitation: by Male by Female

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IdentityPeopleTreatSomeoneYou

Nothing - and, I repeat, nothing - can affect what you build with sheer hard work. You either wait for people to define your worth or you define it with your own actions. I believe in the latter.

Mawra Hocane

WorkHard WorkPeopleWaitBelieve

If me and my friends are feeling decadent, we go for afternoon tea.

Sophie McShera

TeaMeFriendsFeelingGoAfternoon

This country, of course, needs fundamental reform of our financial regulatory system, as I, and many other financial institution executives, have publicly advocated for a considerable period.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

FinancialCountrySystemInstitution

I know I'm not perfect at giving my body what it needs to refuel after a run. Recognizing my bad habits has helped me pay more attention to what I eat. I have been known to rush through my day without making nutrition a priority, so I work hard to prepare healthy snacks in advance of my runs and while the kids are at school.

Summer Sanders

WorkDaySchoolMeWork HardGiving

People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know.

Robert Wyatt

PeopleSongYouKnowNeverFar

Deep down, I know that I am a child of God who has inherited divine capacities; some of them I strive to develop, others are left languishing. I also have a human side. I lose my temper, lose patience and sometimes judge others and myself.

Mary Manin Morrissey

PatienceGodMyselfI AmChildDeep

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

Michael Jordan

LoyaltyResponsibilityPeaceWifeMe

If you fall then that's not all... if you wish to be down then stay down... if you wish to be up then get up.

Janice Markowitz

WishYouFallDownUpStay

When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.

Jonathan Franzen

FamilyHopePeopleAmericanDoing

It's very clear to users, more clear than in other apps, that Foursquare is an app for search and discovery, and we're very good at delivering you a social map that will show you friends' faces on the map and things that you might like.

Dennis Crowley

GoodSearchFriendsYouDiscovery

Caftans are just the perfect solution to what to wear at home. I love Camilla Franks', but I also get great vintage ones on eBay.

Christina Hendricks

LoveHomeGreatVintageSolution

Too often, we take our construct of reality as an absolute, and what I'm trying to point out for most people is it's important for us to know what we don't know.

Apollo Robbins

PeopleRealityTryingKnowImportant

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