Hanya Yanagihara Quotes

I've always thought that one of the least successful encounters is meeting a writer one admires. For one thing, writers are generally much kinder, more empathetic, more generous people on the page than they are in person.

Hanya Yanagihara

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I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?

Jessica Savitch

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I feel like every album we make, that's our debut album.

John Gourley

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You always have some trans girl saying, 'Oh, they were just being funny! They aren't really transphobic,' Just like you will always have some black folks defending some white person for using the 'N' word because they are 'cool.'

Angelica Ross

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It was strange: I never had an interest in school because from an early age I knew the only thing I wanted to do was to play music! So I didn't feel so bad not going into school when I was supposed to be there - why do I need Latin, geography, physical education, etc., and to get beaten on a daily basis?

Andy Rourke

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I had my own little quirks as a child.

Solange Knowles

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Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

Steven Biko

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A lot of the stuff I have done had been not only the likable guy, but like the nice likable guy.

Ron Livingston

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Drake and Kanye make me want to get better.

Russ

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Germany's hierarchical reverence for seniority may have something to do with the fact that everything here happens relatively late. Germans start school at six, graduate in their late 20s, and get their first proper jobs in their 30s. Adolescence can go on a long time. It is rare for anyone to achieve responsibility before their 50s.

Luke Harding

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I connect so much with Peter Gabriel's sound because, to me, he always had that South African vibe. His drums were always something to move to: it was almost like Calypso. I'm a big fan.

Dawn Richard

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Triathletes can push themselves quite hard, and I have seen people collapse on a barrier or pass out on a bike.

Alistair Brownlee

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I have always thought it was a terrible shame that the women's movement didn't realise how much easier it was to reach people by making them laugh than by shaking a fist and saying, 'Don't you see how oppressed you are?'

Nora Ephron

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