Hanya Yanagihara Quotes

I wanted to write a story about colonization and about Hawaii. I went to college right at the height of identity politics, and that's how I always read 'The Tempest,' for example.

Hanya Yanagihara

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It's definitely a little bit ironic being known for my hair because, as a little girl, I had no idea what I was doing with it. I was insecure about it. I didn't have as many references to curly girls, and I wanted to just fit in with all my other friends.

Jillian Hervey

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I'm not a partygoer.

Jewel

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You can find me at three in the morning in my living room with a glass of wine and really bad '90s trip hop beats blaring from my headphones.

Jenny Lewis

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I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did.

Stanley Clarke

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My goal is to the best player in the NBA. That's what I'm focusing on each and every day.

Trae Young

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When I come off stage, I just shut up. I try as best I can not to use my voice at all. You know I love to talk, but I try when I come off stage to have the minimum amount of vocal interaction because I need at least a good 10 hours to just recover from my form of extreme singing.

Rob Halford

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When you have a lot of confidence and you feel like nobody can beat you, it's game over for everyone else.

Jason Day

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For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the time, they're friends. We're the only ones that can really stand our type of humor.

Colin Quinn

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Billie Jean King is one of the all-time tennis greats; she's one of the superstars. She's ready for the big one, but she doesn't stand a chance against me. Women's tennis is so far beneath men's tennis; that's what makes the contest with a 55-year-old man the greatest contest of all time.

Bobby Riggs

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I feel responsibility for a lot of things that I manage to touch.

Bryant Gumbel

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There's a lot of people in this world, and it's important to learn about them.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

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'30 Rock' is probably one of my favorite shows. It's just joke after joke after joke.

Alison Brie

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