Sabaa Tahir Quotes

I was 5 when I got the speech about how I would have to work harder and longer than everyone else because I was brown.

Sabaa Tahir

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WorkSpeechEveryoneGotBecause

Narrative is so rich; it's given up so much.

Jim Crace

RichUpNarrativeMuchGiven

I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.

Joe Cocker

SongOldGetWouldAbleLike

Our secret desire as women is to have a guy who falls madly in love with us even though we're incredibly opinionated or we're not the sort of normal, polite, poised woman.

Jennifer Coolidge

LoveWomenWomanDesireSecretGuy

Technology companies tend to operate in winner-take-all spaces and thus adopt a very high-commitment culture.

Andrew Yang

TechnologyCultureVeryAdoptSpaces

If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?

Maynard Jackson

OpportunityActionPlanYouPlaying

I outline and outline and outline, and then I'm very specific about the stuff I write. That's my process.

Jeff Nichols

ProcessWriteStuffOutlineSpecific

There are people who marry themselves. Somebody wanted to marry a tree. People marrying their pets.

Jeffrey C. Mateer

TreePeoplePetsSomebodyWhoMarry

In 1971, I put together the 'Johnny Face' drawing as a concept, with the words as part of an image in a circle. Combining my abstract drawing with the headline 'Crazy World Ain't It' created an emblem and became a button.

John Van Hamersveld

TogetherWordsCrazyWorldFace

The mere suggestion that not speaking for a day can give you an appreciation of the social isolation that comes with the experience of disability, particularly those whose impairments prohibit them from communicating verbally, is insensitive at best.

Stella Young

BestExperienceDayAppreciationYou

I don't talk about my personal life with the press.

Topher Grace

LifePersonalTalkPressAbout

In addition to not stopping the spread of Ebola, isolating countries will make it harder to respond to Ebola, creating an even greater humanitarian and health care emergency. Importantly, isolating countries won't keep Ebola contained and away from American shores.

Tom Frieden

HealthCareAmericanCreatingWill

Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.

Rosa Parks

AloneFreeWayOthersSameWhatever

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