Rumaan Alam Quotes

Fiction is just lying.

Rumaan Alam

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I became a children's author by accident. As far as I'm concerned, I write for everybody.

Jerry Spinelli

ChildrenWriteAccidentFarI Write

Every American has the freedom to choose a particular lifestyle, but that doesn't mean every American has to embrace a particular lifestyle as equally worthy.

Ander Crenshaw

FreedomAmericanChooseLifestyle

Good design should be available to everyone - and I do mean everyone. What I spent on the wheelchair I'm in could buy a small Mercedes. It's not only unfair to me; it's unfair to someone who's indigent but has the same needs. My goal is to make all objects affordable.

Michael Graves

GoodMeSmallDesignSomeoneGoal

I believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

BelieveIndiaI BelieveBrilliant

I started at HSN in May of 2006, and by October, we had rolled out a new brand image, a new tagline, a new vision statement, a new customer manifesto, and new advertising.

Mindy Grossman

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In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds.

Jonathan Krohn

PoliticsCoolUsNerdsJustAlmost

We titled it, 'You Should Be Here,' for one, because just how special that song is, and I think it kind of sets the tone for this album. I've established that I like to have fun, but this is a little more than that - this album has got some fun stuff, but it's also got topics that I haven't gotten a chance to touch, and I'm so excited about it.

Cole Swindell

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I am an unpredictable journey.

Claire Forlani

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The studios knew how to build a star, and they knew what to do with you. They also taught you everything.

Claire Trevor

YouBuildEverythingStarKnewHow

People are put off by the perception of science fiction, and it doesn't help if you've got references to quantum this and quantum that on the first page, and people think, 'This isn't for me,' and chuck it. I'm probably a pretty bad offender, given how far in the future some of my stuff is.

Peter F. Hamilton

FutureSciencePeopleMePerception

He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I'm not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, 'Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.' Then I'd go to a rock club and I'm billed as a 'folk rock performer' and in the blues clubs I'd be a 'folk blues entertainer.'

Richie Havens

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