I want to have a family. Fighting and having a family at the same time is difficult. Amanda Nunes Read Quote
Women’s minds have been mutilated and muted to such a state that ‘Free Spirit’ has been branded into them as a brand name for girdles and bras rather than as the name of our verb-ing, be-ing Selves. Mary Daly Read Quote
My dad usually never has time for my skating, which is OK because they have to make a living somehow. For them to put their business on hold and come all the way to Korea to watch me skate – especially my dad – he feels responsible not just for my mom and for himself, but there are a lot of people who work there, too. Mirai Nagasu Read Quote
Like my hero Virginia Woolf, I do lack confidence. I always find that the novel I’m finishing, even if it’s turned out fairly well, is not the novel I had in my mind. I think a lot of writers must negotiate this, and if they don’t admit it, they’re not being honest. Michael Cunningham Read Quote
I had the greatest time of my life making ‘Saw 3.’ More fun than ‘2’ for sure. Shawnee Smith Read Quote
We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of. Rachel Cusk Read Quote
There’s always new work to do. Adjusting to the rapid pace of technological change creates real challenges, seen most clearly in our polarized labor market and the threat that it poses to economic mobility. Rising to this challenge is not automatic. It’s not costless. It’s not easy. But it is feasible. David Autor Read Quote
I actually rid myself of superstitions, but I do a quick 20-minute meditation before games. Christen Press Read Quote
The first thing I said to myself on 9/11 was, ‘There go our civil rights.’ I found out by comparing notes later that George Carlin and I both said that at the exact same time. That’s the first thing that popped into our head. Penn Jillette Read Quote
