Alaya Dawn Johnson Quotes
The trajectory of a lot of black lives in the 20th century was people moving into cities. A lot of the issue with modern urban fantasy is that it's un-diverse, and that's crazy with what we know the history of cities here to be.Alaya Dawn Johnson
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
Sally Rand -
I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
Barbara McClintock -
Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
Harold Pinter -
Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
Sally Pearson -
The concentration of the ferment iron in living substance is very small, being in the region of 1 g to 10 million g of cellular substance.
Otto Heinrich Warburg
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
Gavrilo Princip -
I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
Ted Sarandos -
It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.
Gail Sheehy -
I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
Zendaya -
Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
Ram Dass -
Fantasy was something I'd read as a child. And, in fact, my teachers despaired a little bit because I refused to give up Enid Blyton. Then I walked through the wardrobe with C. S. Lewis, and I don't think I actually have returned fully from the wardrobe. So, fantasy was something that was in my life from quite young.
Fiona McIntosh
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You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
Larry Page -
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp -
To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
Fat Joe -
The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
Aaron Lazar -
I love taking chances.
Wayne Newton -
I think Dwight loves being number two. I don't think he has any desire to be number one. He wants to be number two no matter where he goes. It's like Avis. 'We try harder.' That's Dwight.
Rainn Wilson
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I'm the only gay person my parents know.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
Christianity means a lot more than church membership.
Billy Sunday -
I'm very proudly European. I love that we have stories to tell of a place where we come from and we can relate to.
Vicky Krieps -
I believe all woman look good in dresses; is that a crime?
Tyson Fury -
I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic.
Andre Rieu -
The trajectory of a lot of black lives in the 20th century was people moving into cities. A lot of the issue with modern urban fantasy is that it's un-diverse, and that's crazy with what we know the history of cities here to be.
Alaya Dawn Johnson