Valerie Valere Quotes & Sayings

I never really officially retired from the WNBA, I just left the doors open. — Sheryl Swoopes

When I was little, I wasn't so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident. — Natalie Coughlin

It is important to stress that, in America at least, no matter how small and how badly off a particular stigmatized category is, the viewpoint of its members is likely to be given public presentation of some kind. It can thus be said that Americans who are stigmatized tend to live in a literarily-defined world, however uncultured they might be. If they don't read books on the situation of persons like themselves, they at least read magazines and see movies; and where they don't do these, then they listen to local, vocal associates. An intellectually worked-up version of their point of view is thus available to most stigmatized persons. A comment is here required about those who come to serve as representatives of a stigmatized category. Starting out as someone who is a little more vocal, a little better known, or a little better connected than his fellow-sufferers, a stigmatized person may find that the "movement" has absorbed his whole day, and that he has become a professional. — Erving Goffman

Using poise is not being fake; it is being professional, strong, and composed. — Tanya R. Liverman

Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers. — Barbara Kingsolver

But the reality is that women today do not think of themselves in the context of helping "their man." Women today have been brainwashed into thinking that efforts in that direction are in the category of oppression, subservience, and catering to frail male egos. It is sad that this is the prevalent point of view, because interdependence is what ultimately feeds both the man and the woman what they truly need to be happy. — Laura C. Schlessinger

Unlike cheap stocks, inexpensive asset classes have a lower chance of big drawdowns (broad asset classes don't go to zero) and a higher probability of average or better returns. — Barry Ritholtz

To me, racism is so played out and corny and stupid, especially in music, where you now have Nelly doing songs with Tim McGraw, on the hit single 'Over and Over.' Anyone who thinks about that just needs to get a life. — Clinton Sparks

Get close to grass and you'll see a star. — Dejan Stojanovic

I believe that teaching is a creative art in which evidence based knowledge is applied toward meeting the learning goals of learners. I believe that effective teaching is often the spark that ignites the imagination, possibility, and promise for learners, including the teacher. — Barbara Paterson

Love as much and as hard as you can because one day in your life near the end, you may forget how it truly feels. — Jeanette Michelle

Yeah, the world would swing if I were king.
Can I help it if I still dream time to time? — Tom Petty

His cruelty was in his absence. — Alice Sebold

Heaven and man do not easily come together, but a wolf and the grassland merge like water and milk. — Jiang Rong