Michael Dirda Quotes

To an Ohio boy, it represented world-weary Gallic shrugs and Gauloises cigarettes, existentialist thinkers in berets and Catherine Deneuve in nothing at all - French was the language of intellectual power and effortless sex appeal.

Michael Dirda

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PowerLanguageSexIntellectualBoy

I have a super supportive family.

Andy Biersack

FamilySupportiveSuper

I wrote the worst novel ever.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

WorstNovelEverWrote

I approach my work still like an athlete. I have to go to the gym and run or ride the bike and work up a sweat. I need to still get my body right, and, in turn, that will make my mind right. That's how I approach acting.

Russell Hornsby

WorkRideBikeMindBodyActing

My father so appropriately put it that we are certainly the only animal that makes conscious choices that are bad for our survival as a species.

Louise Leakey

FatherAnimalChoicesSurvivalBad

I live on a train. I know - what a sad thing to admit. I am the New-Age Willy Loman. But there it is.

Christopher Buckley

LiveSadI AmTrainAdmitKnow

Luckily, I'm not one of those people who wants to be young; it's never bothered me.

Boy George

PeopleMeYoungNeverWhoBothered

I would love to win the Ballon d'Or, but honestly, I'm not even thinking about it.

Sergio Ramos

LoveWinThinkingWouldEvenAbout

When I was 17, I was excited to graduate from high school!

Tyler Blackburn

SchoolHigh SchoolHighExcited

You have to adjust to what your team needs and what you're able to do.

Tim Duncan

TeamYouAdjustAbleYourNeeds

Should the federal government be giving people cellphones?

Tim Griffin

GovernmentPeopleGivingShould

I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of horses.

Norman Mailer

WomenCatsMenPoorAfraidHorses

Genome sequencing has changed taxonomy.

Richard Dawkins

ChangedGenomeSequencing

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