Marley Dias Quotes

It was the desire to see black girls and our experiences in the books that I was given to read at school that forced me to speak my truth. I launched #1000BlackGirlBooks, a book drive to collect the stories of women of color.

Marley Dias

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I wanted the press to become something of a movement. Not a movement committed to a particular 'ism', but a gathering together of writers with an aesthetic approach to literature and with a lust for excellence.

John Metcalf

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I want to be an integrated woman.

Tori Amos

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There is no one in America more qualified to talk about bailouts than Mitch McConnell.

Matt Bevin

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I enjoy theater just for the sheer excitement of it and the immediate response that you get, and how every night the audience is a little bit different; but then, it's expensive to work in N.Y., and stage work is limited, so you're just doing it for the art.

Dorian Missick

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I like to think I'm a good mechanic for the company. 'Oh well, we sprung a leak? Call Ambrose; throw him in there.' I like that because I think it has really upped my value with the company, and I think that they realize nowadays, too, another Dean Ambrose isn't going to walk through the door anytime soon - or ever.

Dean Ambrose

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I think Twitter is great.

Chris Hughes

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The thought of Sarah Palin as president gives me acid reflux.

Christopher Buckley

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You always want to have a mix of conservatives and liberals on a panel, especially on election night.

Constance Zimmer

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I go to the gym a lot, and I see these guys, these young actors or models there, really punishing themselves - I mean, just killing themselves. And then I'll see one of them on a billboard, with the artfully messy hair, looking as though it's just natural and easy to have a body like that.

Bronson Pinchot

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The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy.

Algernon Sidney

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The creams I use are not expensive. Nivea is just as good. Why waste a fortune?

Sylvia Kristel

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I believe people are fundamentally good and want to find things that make life better for themselves. There are social dynamics for people that work, and there are ones that are pathological. But beneath every 'no' lays a 'yes' that had never been broken. I put my life-faith in that.

Tim O'Reilly

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