Sarah Jones Quotes

I definitely think the fact that I come from a multicultural background, my mother living life in a white skin and having white skin privilege from the time I was little, I was aware of that.

Sarah Jones

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LifeMotherTimeThinkSkinLiving

You often see lifestyle over substance in L.A. Some rock stars dress up like they're going to play a gig when they're just going to the 7-Eleven store on a Tuesday night.

Joe Bonamassa

StarsDressNightYouPlayRock

I rode a horse once when I was young, and I fell off. I never wanted to ride a horse again.

Andrew Haigh

RideHorseYoungNeverOffAgain

Bent Literary Agency had a Q&A on Twitter, and I took a chance and asked if the Black Lives Matter movement was an appropriate topic for a YA novel. Brooks Sherman, who is now my agent, responded that he didn't think any topics were inappropriate for YA. I remember being so terrified even just sending the tweet.

Angie Thomas

ChanceBlackThinkRememberMatter

I'm a head coach. I'm not a politician, an activist, or an expert on societal issues.

Jeff Fisher

CoachExpertHeadPoliticianIssues

I'll just keep working hard and see where it takes me.

Metta World Peace

MeWorking HardHardSeeWorking

During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the world. It was a classic good-versus-evil war.

Stephen Kinzer

PassionWarConflictWorldClassic

Success is dependent on effort.

Sophocles

SuccessEffortSuccess IsDependent

Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with oneself. They represent the profound danger of growing so independent in New York that it's not merely that you don't need anyone - it's that you don't know how to need anyone.

Sloane Crosley

CommunityCatsNew YorkYouKnow

Art exists for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world.

Shinichi Suzuki

LoveArtPeopleWorldThinkYou

My father was the child of academics and was probably destined to become an academic himself but vetoed that idea. Bailed, dropped out of graduate school and just went to work for an insurance company. But the house was full of books and music and all of that.

Lorrie Moore

WorkFatherMusicSchoolChild

Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.

Josephus Daniels

StrengthFatherLiveCourageMen

There's nothing I love more in life than turning around a bigot.

Don King

LifeLoveNothingMoreThanBigot

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