Eula Biss Quotes

Yes, we can make prudent choices as parents, but we can't create an environment where there's zero risk for our children. Not only is that impossible, I don't think it's desirable, either.

Eula Biss

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ChildrenParentsImpossibleChoices

Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.

Joan Blades

WorkParentsFairNeedEarnPay

I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level.

John Dyer

ArtSchoolDegreeLevelCourse

To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state of consciousness and the shape of our perceptions.

Robert Irwin

ArtistMatterConsciousnessShape

Writing that's not working for a living.

Robert Asprin

WritingLivingWorking

I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't.

Claudia Rankine

SportsThinkPlacesRaceOutWhere

I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.'

Bong Joon-ho

LoveVengeanceMasterpieceDirector

The crux of our power isn't only in our voice. It is in our economic function in society.

Boots Riley

PowerSocietyVoiceEconomicOnly

What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We are a state of cities, small towns and growing suburbs where life is affordable and destinations within reach. There is no better place to raise a family.

Bob Taft

LifeFamilyQualitySmallBetter

I am something of a contrarian, I suppose. I feel less comfortable when everybody agrees with me. I say, 'I better reexamine my position!' I probably believe that the worst opinions in my court have been unanimous. Because there's nobody on the other side pointing out all the flaws.

Antonin Scalia

I AmMeBelieveBetterOpinionsSay

I'd like to be Gandalf for a day - he's so wise, he's so powerful, and he's so caring. I love Gandalf. When they remake 'Lord of The Rings,' maybe I'll play it.

Ansel Elgort

LoveDayCaringWisePowerfulPlay

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

William Shakespeare

WomanGlassNeverSheFairMade

If you're financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible.

Suze Orman

ChildrenParentingChanceBetterYou

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