Rachel Quotes

Beginnings are apt to be shadowy and so it is the beginnings of the great mother life, the sea.

Running through airports with pounds of luggage - that's a good workout.

We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.

I am proud of what I am. I am a librarian.

I'd like to be wanted for my body, too! As an actor I want to play all different kinds of women - independent women but also very vulnerable women.

That's writing for you: when you make space for passion, it doesn't turn up.

I've been in so many love triangles on TV and in real life.

I still think of myself as the new kid, even though I've been on the air for two and a half years. But my job is the same as it ever was, which is to make 9:00 P.M. as good as I can.

Fascistic leaders are aggressively macho and chauvinistic. They are xenophobic about people who they portray as outsiders or some sort of threat to the nation or as weaklings they can denounce.

When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.

So many FREAKS and not enough CIRCUSES!

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

The choice people have to make is never between slavery and freedom. We will always have to choose between slavery and the unknown.

The worst thing that happens in life is not death. The worst thing would be to miss it. . . . I think the great danger in life is not showing up.

An unanswered question is a fine traveling companion. It sharpens your eye for the road.

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance.

Without my Johnson trademark mop of yellow hair, I think I would be nothing.

We were there [ in the newsroom] through the elections [2008] so it was quite a frenzy going on. The other thing I learn is that journalists are very messy.

Jason: I'm all for hobbies, but you think this is the time for origami? Whatcha making, a crane?

I can be a badass DJ when I want, but I am also an insufferable music snob.

Men aren't actively writing women to oppress them, men are writing what they know. I say you can be much better as a woman for women's rights if you just go up there and write your own material.

As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

If I'm just in dungarees, I don't think I would intimidate anyone.

At a time when America should be doing everything we can to lead the fight to defeat ISIS and other radical jihadists, Donald Trump is playing right into their hands.

We're on this rock and we can choose to treat each other well or we can choose to kill each other and be uncivilized. I don't know. It's very tragic. It's a very tragic thing to think about.

As a Christian, my highest calling is not motherhood; my highest calling is to follow Christ.

And, look, I'm sorry if I have blond hair and blue eyes and my boyfriend looks like a vampire. What do you want me to do about it?

It's bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close.

My life is better with every year of living it.

I wish I had known that it's OK to stand up for myself. That it's also OK to not be liked but to be respected, and I always want to be liked.

I see BOLD accessories as a woman's armor.

I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.

My basics are black, white, or neutral, and I'll wear a ton of jewelry or carry a brightly colored bag.

I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.

I don't come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers.

Style is what one creates....glamou r is a state of mind.

I have come to regard with some suspicion those who claim that the Bible never troubles them. I can only assume this means they haven’t actually read it.

I do think that the fear mentality - of scarcity - comes from within.

Better late than never."-Dork Diaries

Albertans were looking for change. And so I think that we're staying true to our principles by working to deliver on that change. And I think that is what people were looking for

A rainy day can actually be a very important day. And a small hope isn't really small if it makes a lost hope less sad.

Being on top of the world doesn't mean anything unless you know what it's like to be at the bottom.

If you carry someone else's fears and live by someone else's values, you may find that you have lived their lives.

I loved superhero stuff.So comfortable, I got to wear like orthopedic running shoes every day.

Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective.

That quality is what makes women great collaborators; we understand it's a team effort. Even if it comes from society telling us to be polite.

Don't focus on what I'm wearing. Focus on what's coming out of my face.

Perhaps we could push beyond these legalistic gender roles if we spent less time worrying about “acting like men” and “acting like women,” and more time acting like Jesus.

When people get to speak about themselves and the things that matter to them, on their own terms, we see them as who they are. They can't be reduced to objects of derision.