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Aja Naomi King Quotes

Words can't describe how one would feel in that moment after doing a test for something you really want but in your heart you don't think you have a chance of getting.

Aja Naomi King

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: January 11, 1985

Topics

Heart Moment Words Chance Think You

I think when you congratulate yourselves for diversity, that means nothing's really changed.

Jessica Chastain

Diversity Think You Nothing Changed

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

Jessica Lange

Family Mother Home Me Nothing Over

The fact is external feminine beauty is highly valued, and we are constantly given the message that a slamming body is the most valuable thing a woman can possess.

Amanda de Cadenet

Beauty Woman Body Valued Message

The open letter has always been an interesting rhetorical strategy - a way of delivering a pointed message to a specific individual or group while also reaching a wide audience.

Roxane Gay

Interesting Strategy Group Way Open

Yeah, a few of the films I made were so bad they didn't get released - they escaped.

Mickey Rooney

Bad Get Made Few Were Yeah

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.

Livy

Moment Easy Surrender Build Task Up

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

Jonathan Kozol

Education Back Public Education Come

I take much pride in winning. I don't accept losses, so I'm always going after that. The day I lose this fire, I think it's time for us to stop.

Jose Aldo

Time Day Fire Winning Think Pride

I never had a Plan B.

Arden Myrin

Plan Never Had

I'd love to see a Nirvana biopic. I loved them when I was younger. I really like jazz music, so I'd like to see a Billie Holiday biopic - she was a fascinating woman.

Antonia Thomas

Love Music Woman Loved Holiday Jazz

When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified!

Philip Yancey

Prayer Person Try Write Being Means

Sometimes, we've made songs where we're angry and yelling, and then there are some songs where we're just having fun and dancing and happy.

Tucker Halpern

Angry Fun Happy Having Fun Sometimes