Portia Doubleday Quotes

If I could play football, I'd play football. But not women's football - real football. Or I'd just date a quarterback.

Portia Doubleday

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WomenFootballPlayRealQuarterback

I'm going to keep it real gully with you; the first two months, I wanted to give him back. I expected someone to come and save me because after you have the baby, nobody cares about you anymore. Nobody cares if you sleep, nobody cares if you eat. It's just you and this all-consuming thingy!

Jill Scott

SleepMeBabySomeoneYouBack

I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my own personality.

Jenny Offill

PersonalityLimitsThinkI CanOwn

I am musical. I play guitar.

Matt Ryan

I AmGuitarPlayAmMusical

If you have the wind farms but no transmission, you just have things blowing in the wind.

Matt Mead

WindYouThingsJustTransmission

All politics to me - Indian or white - is an illusion preventing us from being authentic because we're communicating through something that isn't real to us.

John Trudell

PoliticsMeIllusionWhiteRealUs

I was rather a poor student, too easily distracted - did a lot of gazing out of windows, fine for training to be a writer, but not a great way to achieve in the classroom. The truth is that I was happy to bumble along and do enough to avoid detention, but not much more.

Michael Morpurgo

TruthGreatTrainingHappyTruth Is

Dogs are more of a responsibility than kids - you can send a kid off to their grandparents or a nanny, but with a dog you can't do that.

Jason Gann

DogResponsibilityYouGrandparents

When I put on the U.S. jersey, I play for myself, I play for my family, and I play for the team. That's really all I do.

Christian Pulisic

FamilyMyselfTeamPlayJerseyPut

Because we moved so much, I was always having to adapt and work out the lay of the land. So I felt envious of those who did not have to try.

Claire Messud

WorkAdaptLandTryAlwaysOut

I grew up in a musical atmosphere at home.

Armaan Malik

HomeUpAtmosphereGrewMusical

When you dig in, two big titans clashing, what good is that? It's not good for either of us; it's not good for the industry.

Peggy Johnson

GoodYouTwoBigIndustryUs

In no way do I want to draw attention to myself.

Scoot McNairy

MyselfAttentionWantWayDraw

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