Alice Dreger Quotes

If we have a situation where a man is particularly graceful in a sport that rewards grace - say, for example, figure skating - why is it that we don't say to the man, 'Well, you're too feminine to compete?'... I don't understand why we don't find it offensive also to say to a women who's very strong, 'You're too masculine to compete.'

Alice Dreger

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I'm blessed; I'm fortunate to be able to play the game that I love every single day.

Jimmy Butler

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There's something about soft, unstructured arms that's very beautiful.

Jill Clayburgh

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I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.

Jerry B. Jenkins

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Handwriting challenges aside, I love paper cards. I love the endless stewing involved in picking them out at the store. I love buying holiday stamps at the post office, and I love that 'whoosh' sound the cards make when I drop them into the mail slot.

Meghan Daum

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Yes, e-commerce is a strange situation for an old guy like me. You can buy a TV online, OK, but to buy a dress or shoes? Ugh. The customer has to go back to the store and breathe and smell and have a good time. Because shopping is a good time - like going to a nice restaurant.

Max Azria

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The fact that I am not Jewish by religion does not prevent me from connecting to the Jewish nation's spirituality.

Amar'e Stoudemire

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As I see it, my job has always been to champion the work of the authors I publish.

Sonny Mehta

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I sometimes think I've needed a bit of an arm around me in my career - which I've not always got from certain managers and coaches who didn't understand me.

Robbie Fowler

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People who get together, regardless of other structures, will find something in common. They are bound to. That was the Pete Seeger let's-all-sing theory.

Ry Cooder

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I just go out there and play the game; I get on with things. Golf is not everything in life.

Louis Oosthuizen

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Even when I'm on set, I'm always among friends.

Prabhas

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And I would like to marry and have more children. I would like to try and do it right.

Phil Collins

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