Franchesca Ramsey Quotes

I'm just really excited to expose people to different identities, different conversations but also to kind of reframe how they think about black women just by being myself.

Franchesca Ramsey

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WomenMyselfPeopleBlackThink

I no longer say nice things about yoga. I was doing yoga so long before everybody else.

Jill Clayburgh

DoingLongNiceSayThingsYoga

My son, Max, was born the day Princess Di died.

John C. McGinley

SonDayBornPrincessMaxDied

Must I tell the story of my life again?

John Garfield

LifeStoryMy LifeTellMustAgain

It looks like a one man show here, although there are two men involved.

John Motson

MenManLooksTwoInvolvedHere

A personal library is a reflection of who you are and who you want to be, of what you value and what you desire, of how much you know and how much more you'd like to know.

Michael Dirda

ReflectionValueLibraryYouKnow

Do not let friars enter your wine cellars for fear they will bless every barrel and change the wine into blood.

John Wycliffe

ChangeFearWineBloodWillBless

The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon or Churchill.

Stephen Kinzer

TodayBestRunMoreLeadersIdea

Any foundation you build, if trust is part of that foundation, whatever you're building, whatever you're creating is gonna have a rock-solid foundation.

Steve Tisch

TrustBuildingFoundationYouBuild

If you look at some shows that have an ugly feel to them, or a nihilistic sort of feel to them, you'll usually find a group of cynical, unhappy, miserable people behind the production. If you see a show that's rather boring, or a cookie-cutter factory show, you'll usually find some pretty uninteresting, boring people behind it.

Michelle Forbes

UglyPeopleFeelUnhappyYouLook

One morning every spring, for exactly two minutes, Israel comes to a stop. Pedestrians stand in place, drivers pull over to the side of the road, and nobody speaks, sings, eats, or drinks as the nation pays respect to the victims of the Nazi genocide. From the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea, the only sounds one hears are sirens.

Michael Specter

MorningSeaRespectSpringRoad

Every day is a reminder to accept myself as I am.

Molly Tarlov

MyselfDayI AmEvery DayAcceptAm

Wars don't happen on battlefields; they go on happening in people's hearts for generations and generations, and the ecological damage is unfathomably complex and dire.

Michael Leunig

PeopleGoHappenComplexHearts

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