Sarah Kay Quotes

Women don't have to be defined by others. We have the power to define ourselves: by telling our own stories, in our own words, with our own voices.

Sarah Kay

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WomenPowerWordsOthersOwnDefine

I like to do a couple of yoga classes during the week. Yoga for me is more of an elongating thing.

Jessica Biel

MeWeekMoreLikeYogaThing

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.

John Buchan

LifeCivilizationSilentComfortable

When I first started writing, I did mostly short fiction, and I'd work on a short story and get near to being done and have no idea what I'd work on next, and then I'd panic.

Ann Leckie

WorkWritingStoryShortDoneFirst

I sign a film based on the story, the role I play, and the maker.

Amitabh Bachchan

StoryPlayFilmRoleSignBased

Cleopatra had one great advantage. She lived at a time when female sovereigns were not anomalies. And when women enjoyed rights they would not again enjoy for another 2,000 years. You could call them early feminists, if I may use a dirty word.

Stacy Schiff

WomenGreatTimeEnjoyYouEarly

I am a very bad cook.

Rithvik Dhanjani

I AmBadCookVeryAm

Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.

Mike Tyson

PeopleSlaveryYouTrySome People

My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I understand the difficulties that families have. I understand single parenting.

Michele Bachmann

MotherParentingParentsYoung

The enemy is the system. And the system is made up of people, and we have a choice in that.

Dee Rees

PeopleChoiceEnemyUpSystemMade

Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.

Comte de Lautreamont

AloneHealthQualityIntelligenceUp

Because my husband, Peter, died young, I've already faced the scariest thing in my life. Now I live out the dreams for both of us.

Bozoma Saint John

LifeDreamsLiveHusbandMy LifeUs

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

Pope John Paul II

LoveHistoryLove IsDefeatedNever

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