Reihana Maxwell Topia Quotes & Sayings

When you have a natural genetic tan developed over centuries and many generations, the idea of soaking up rays by the pool has never made sense. — Abraham Verghese

Abortion is the taking of a life. — Mary Calderone

I just think when you read something that's magnetic that pulls you into it or resonates with you, whatever that may be, that's always a positive thing. And you never know what that's going to be. — Gloria Votsis

I am a firm believer in intelligent design as a matter of faith and intellect, and I believe it should be presented in schools alongside the theories of evolution. — Rick Perry

No matter how poorly you play, there is always someone you can beat. No matter how well you play, there is always someone who can beat you. — Harvey Penick

As the conversation continued it was clear that these were divided people. As artists as well as queers, these people wanted to be able to think in radical ways, to have insights, to realize, to make work that was outside of social assumptions, to be radical people who could-like the weary ACT UPers-achieve justice in some fashion. They admired their predecessors who had created change through confrontation, alienation, and truth telling. But their professional instincts led them in different directions: accommodation, social positioning, even unconscious maneuvering of the queer content they did have so that it was depoliticized, personalized, and not about power. — Sarah Schulman

At the sunroom doors, he cast a glance back, and found Rhy looking at him with an expression that might have been I'm sorry, but also could have been fuck off, or at the very least we'll talk later. — Victoria Schwab

What is filmmaking but groping in the dark? — Alexander Payne

Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give you much more control than you now have. — Frederick Lenz

From the first I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until he should cease to be merely a freedman and should become a citizen. — Frederick Douglass

The word 'code' turns out to be a really important word for my book, 'The Information.' The genetic code is just one example. We talk now about coders, coding. Computer guys are coders. The stuff they write is code. — James Gleick

He stumbled forward, "Can I mix my baby batter with your eggs?" he slurred trying to reach up and kiss me.
I pushed him off me, yelling, "Get away!"
"Don't touch her," he commanded. His eyes were wide, angry, his voice deep and threatening. He, too, smelled like alcohol, but I didn't care in this moment. He was here getting this creep away from me. His hands held me tightly, pressing my body into his. My breath quickened being so close to Cade. He sensed my distress, giving me a slight squeeze. — Felicia Tatum

Let your heart sing from those wounded places.
When you sing your song with everything you've got,
it will not only heal you, but it will heal all of us through you. — Gemma B. Benton

I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct. — Lake Bell