Rebecca Traister Quotes

Our government and its social policies, its tax breaks, the way school days work, so much of the country we live in is built for married couples with a male breadwinner and a female domestic laborer. Government needs to be massively altered in order to serve this population.

Rebecca Traister

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It was always my goal to be a working actor.

Andrew Rannells

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I'm always jealous of Johnny Depp's sense of style, but if I tried to get away with a floppy hat and waistcoat, I'd look like a homeless person.

Stephen Merchant

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Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around.

Tom Wolfe

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M. F. K. Fisher was a wonder and a huge influence, and someone I got to know pretty well at the end of her life.

Ruth Reichl

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Every book should have a romance.

Jasper Fforde

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The God of the Old Testament is the depiction of evil.

Joni Mitchell

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It isn't fate but fecklessness that has shoved Sarah Palin to the sidelines of national politics. The real tragedy is that she's taken a lot of other serious Republican women with her.

Dee Dee Myers

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What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

Bob Iger

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While I dealt with my share of injuries throughout my career, I was fortunate to have been healthy for the majority of our run in the 1990s. The same can be said about Michael Jordan.

Scottie Pippen

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And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.

Tim Scott

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The year 2100 will see eugenics universally established. In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began to interfere with the ruthless workings of nature. As a result, we continue to keep alive and to breed the unfit.

Nikola Tesla

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People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.

Richard Cobden

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