"I am human. I am messy. I'm not trying to be an example. I am not trying to be perfect. I am not trying to say I have all the answers. I am not trying to say I'm right. I am just trying - trying to support what I believe in, trying to do some good in this world, trying to make some noise with my writing while also being myself."

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Source : "Bad Feminist". Book by Roxane Gay, August 5, 2014.

Roxane Gay

#Inspiring Quotes #Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes

“[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.”
“Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.”
“Christ never was in a hurry. There was no rushing forward, no anticipating, no fretting over what might be. Each day's duties were done as each day brought them, and the rest was left with God.”
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered .”
“Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.”
“It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible.”
“Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It's about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life.”

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