Ory Okolloh Quotes

Ninety percent of my mentors have been male, most of them with very little in common with me on a personal level - from life experience, work experience, backgrounds, etc.

Ory Okolloh

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LifeWorkExperienceMePersonal

In general, we believe in regulation - just as long as it is fair and balanced.

Joe Gebbia

BelieveLongFairRegulationJust

The widely held belief that the heterosexual nuclear family is best for children has long been used as a smoke screen for homophobia and as a talking point to quash marriage-equality efforts.

Jessica Valenti

FamilyChildrenBestTalkingLong

I do have siblings, but I don't have any brothers.

Sonequa Martin-Green

BrothersAny

I believe that when the going gets tough, you should just hit pause. Assimilate what is happening for 10 minutes. Your thoughts will be much clearer.

Shreya Ghoshal

ThoughtsToughBelieveYouPause

I bought a lot of rubbish things that kids buy: skateboards and clothes and typical teenage stuff.

Tom Felton

ClothesBuyThingsKidsStuffLot

Even if you hurt my feelings and you lie, be a man and admit it. I'd rather someone be honest to me.

Rozonda Thomas

LieManMeHurtSomeoneYou

I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years, things subtle but distinctly different from the books written every day.

Mary MacLane

DayWorldEvery DayWantWrite

The reason that most British actors are better than most American actors in the end is that they don't make any money. At the very end of their lives, they get into a space movie and they make a lot of money, but until that happens, basically, they don't have bank accounts. They live from day to day.

Mike Nichols

LiveMoneyDaySpaceEndBetter

I was very unhappy at one point and dealt with my unhappiness by hitting people.

Michaela Coel

InequalityStartsWomb

It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything.

Joyce Cary

ManWorldTragedyKnowMoreSure

I only write about stuff that sort of happens to me, and then I blow it up into a much funnier version.

Jason Jones

MeWriteUpOnlyStuffHappens

Being surrounded with such positive people always helps.

Donovan Bailey

PositivePeopleAlwaysSurrounded

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