Sasha Velour Quotes

Even if I hadn't won 'Drag Race,' even if I'd never been on, I'd still be working my tail off, creating live shows, magazines, videos, anything I possibly could!

Sasha Velour

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LiveCreatingRaceNeverAnything

My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion.

Jimmy Smith

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Those companies that don't see the black and brown communities are missing, out of their closed eye, talent, which leads to money and growth. When baseball, football and basketball couldn't see the field, they missed talent and growth. The same is true in the tech industry.

Jesse Jackson

GrowthMoneyFootballTalentEye

People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's a sign of affection, truly. It's a true test of love and friendship: can you make a man laugh at himself? So what makes a good burn? Go after targets you love and respect. And hit 'em hard.

Jeff Ross

WorkFriendshipLoveGoodRespect

The key thing about a book is that you lose yourself in the author's world.

Jeff Bezos

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My last vivid boyhood fright from books came when I was 15; I was visiting my uncle and aunt in Greenwich, and, emboldened by my success with 'The Waste Land,' I opened their copy of 'Ulysses.' The whiff of death off those remorseless, closely written pages overpowered me. So: back to soluble mysteries, and jokes that were not cosmic.

John Updike

SuccessDeathMeBackUncleCopy

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.

Steven Wright

BusinessTimePeopleLaughSerious

As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other.

Mary Oliver

MyselfChildMeWorldReadingAlive

Directing 'The Office' is kind of like someone going, 'Would you like to drive my Lamborghini?' And I'm like 'Yes, I would like to drive your Lamborghini. That sounds like fun.'

Jason Reitman

FunDriveSomeoneYouKindOffice

A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more we try to fathom it.

Jonathan Sacks

FutureStormGovernmentUncertainty

I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994.

Jonathan Franzen

DoingEnjoyWriteNonfictionUntil

Repercussions are serious and they will take you places.

Bryan Clay

YouSeriousWillPlacesTake

Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy and providing greater access to health care for millions of American people, including senior citizens.

Ari Fleischer

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