Rachel Grace Held (Rachel Held Evans) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		The truth is, a man can choose to objectify a woman whether she’s wearing a bikini or a burqa. We don’t stop lust by covering up the female form; we stop lust by teaching men to treat women as human beings worthy of respect.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Grace Held 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Camille Paglia 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Garth Risk Hallberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry David 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamora Pierce 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tadao Ando 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Phillips 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Patience and time do more than strength or passion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jean de La Fontaine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The sea erupted. Often the sea and land changed places. The immobility of contours of continents and seas, a dogma in geology, has no basis in fact. And immediately there is the problem of the climate. There were ancient climates that were very different from what they are today. If those corals grew where they were found, certainly the Earth was not travelling with the same elements of rotation and revolution which means not in the same orbit, not with the axis directed in the same position as it is today. If you don't believe it, try to conservate corals on the North Pole. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Immanuel Velikovsky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ornette Coleman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am not alone. I am free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody, I don't have to be a first to anybody. I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lena Horne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nike stands together against bigotry and any form of discrimination... Now, more than ever, let's stand up for our values and remain open and inclusive as a brand and as a company. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mark Parker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The truth is, a man can choose to objectify a woman whether she’s wearing a bikini or a burqa. We don’t stop lust by covering up the female form; we stop lust by teaching men to treat women as human beings worthy of respect. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Grace Held