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Stephen Kinzer Quotes

In 1907, Britain and Russia signed a treaty dividing Iran between them; no Iranian was at the negotiations or even knew they were taking place.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: August 4, 1951

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Place Russia Between Even Knew Iran

I think comparisons are odious.

Think I Think Odious Comparisons

I'm not a big chicken or meat eater, but sometimes I'll eat it if it's locally raised. The family dinner will be stir-fry, or we'll roll our own sushi with brown rice, spinach, salmon, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and seaweed. The kids love it!

Family Love Dinner Seeds Sometimes

One of the things I really like about racing is that you can't fake it. As an actor, everything is fake. You're always trying to convince people you can do something you can't. And that's the opposite of racing. The stopwatch never lies.

Robert Carradine

People Fake Racing Trying You Actor

We were called The Toilets originally - we were flushed with success.

Success Toilets Were Originally

I'm not sensitive about my lisp, but a lot of people are, and it's not the type of trait people should mock.

People Sensitive Should About Type

Early on, I played one or two disturbed people, and I guess I must have been good at it, because it stuck. But, you know, I'm a regular guy. I stay home a lot, I make an effort to keep a distance from the whole social thing, the openings, the parties. I try to live in a calm way.

Christopher Walken

Good Home Live Effort People Calm

I was hiking a five-day loop - alone - in the Rocky Mountains when I rounded the switchback and saw a large body on the trail ahead. It had brown fur with a cinnamon tinge that was draped across dense, humped back muscle. A broad head lifted and I could see the dish-shaped muzzle was catching my scent. I knew bears. This was a grizzly.

Alone Mountains Body Back Trail See

I seek out things that terrify me, like an improv class. I'm terrified of sharks, but I scuba dive. I'm not good at auditioning, but I force myself to do it all the time. I've never met anybody who is fearless, but the more you push against your own boundaries, the easier it becomes to push.

Good Time Myself Me Fearless Push

Very rarely will you listen to the radio in a judgmental way, the way you'll watch telly.

You Will Way Listen Radio Watch

'Ghoul' was what my world looked like, growing up in the late Seventies and early Eighties, and what I thought it looked like. A lot of my personal experiences went into it.

Growing Up World Thought Early Late

You are the sum total of the choices you make every day.

Day Choices You Every Day Make Sum

I found it hard to be young. When I was married in my twenties, I hated being regarded as 'the little wife.' You don't know what it was like then! I'd never even written a cheque. I had to ask my husband for money for groceries.

Money Wife Husband You Know Young

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