I think it's very difficult to make people care about natives in another country.
Michael Hastings
Recitation: by Male by Female
I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories.
Jhumpa Lahiri
TimeMyselfStoryWriteFirstGive
It's always hard for a writer to make herself into a character; I had to figure out what my defining characteristics were, and that's something I had to work through multiple drafts to figure out.
Jesmyn Ward
WorkCharacterHardAlwaysOut
I am a stepmother to the fullest extent.
Megan Fox
I AmFullestStepmotherAmExtent
The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental.
Robert Anton Wilson
StupidToo MuchCommonConvincedToo
What I do used to be called 'diversity training,' then 'cultural competency' and now, 'anti-racism.' These terms are really useful for periods of time, but then they get coopted, and people build all this baggage around them, and you have to come up with new terms, or else people won't engage.
Robin DiAngelo
TimeTrainingDiversityPeopleYou
As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately end up, you're just kind of crawling around, seeing what's out there.
Michael Nesmith
ThinkEndYouArtistSeeingKind
Kids want you to take them to whatever kid movie is opening, and you just hope it's good because you're going to buy a ticket, no matter what. If it's no good, you kind of drape your arm over your kid so they don't get smashed, and you take a little nap.
Jason Bateman
GoodHopeYouWantKindNap
Of all the questions I get asked as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, there are two - asked in various permutations via email, social media or in person - that chill me to the bone: 'Why don't you just make yourself legal?' And: 'Why don't you get in the back of the line?'
Jose Antonio Vargas
Social MediaYourselfMeChillLegal
The best version of Foursquare is the one you don't think about using.
Dennis Crowley
BestThinkYouVersionAboutUsing
As popular culture becomes more presentist, we move away from entertainment as the vicarious experience of a narrative - as watching someone else's story - and much more toward enacting one's own story. Moving away from myths and toward fantasy role-playing games, away from movies and toward videogames.
Douglas Rushkoff
CultureExperienceMovingStory
I think a lot of people don't realize that martial arts are just an expression like anything else. It's just that most people are not trained to punch or kick, but you can walk or run or dance, which is also part of expression.
Donnie Yen
WalkDancePeopleThinkYouRun
I'm really attracted to anti-heroes, and I'm a little bit of a troublemaker myself, and a little bit of a rule-breaker, and I like spies.
Doug Liman
MyselfLittleLikeTroublemakerBit
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