Mairy Font Quotes & Sayings

All too frequently in the women's movement it was assumed one could be free of sexist thinking by simply adopting the appropriate feminist rhetoric; it was further assumed that identifying oneself as oppressed freed one from being an oppressor. To a very grave extent such thinking prevented white feminists from understanding and overcoming their own sexist-racist attitudes toward black women. They could pay lip-service to the idea of sisterhood and solidarity between women but at the same time dismiss black women. Just — Bell Hooks

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center. — John Green

That's what is was to be young - to be enthusiastic rather than envious about the good work other people could do. — Kurt Vonnegut

I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by this administration to special interests which will result in more mercury in the blood of young children in America. — Jay Inslee

Whether they're family or friends, manipulators are difficult to escape from. Give in to their demands and they'll be happy enough, but if you develop a spine and start saying no, it will inevitably bring a fresh round of head games and emotional blackmail. You'll notice that breaking free from someone else's dominance will often result in them accusing you of being selfish. Yes, you're selfish, because you've stopped doing what they want you to do for them. Wow. Can these people hear themselves?! — Rosie Blythe

Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest. — Marcus Aurelius

A composition that we do not understand or like appears to expand in time as we experience it, yet vanishes almost immediately from memory. — Curtis Roads

It's the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days — Tim Minchin

It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market. — Chris Van Allsburg

Being half Jewish, we grew up with Christmas trees but had Jewish ornaments. — Gina Rodriguez

I think of myself as a Hollywood hillbilly, but I'm sick of all these questions people ask about Alabama. 'Do you have an outhouse?' 'Is there a lot of inbreeding in your family?' They think all Southerners don't have computers and TV sets and that we're all still living in 1862. — Sunny Mabrey