Mary H.K. Choi Quotes

My mom is an excellent mom. She knows I am irascible, prickly, and antisocial. She knows that most human interaction makes me tired and that I either scare people away with precise invectives or trot out the fakest, nicest skinjob of myself because it requires zero effort.

Mary H.K. Choi

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MyselfI AmEffortTiredPeopleMom

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.

Meg Cabot

TimeBookColdFarmComfortStella

It's a different world because of the Internet and bloggers. Now, every editor is concerned about speed because every minute counts. Speed is more important than content. Whoever gets a review out first becomes the authority.

Robert Hilburn

WorldInternetSpeedNowAuthority

My dad, Frank Addison Albini, was a terrific shot with a rifle and had generally excellent hunting skills. While my dad loved hunting and fishing, he didn't romanticize them. He was filling the freezer, not intellectualizing some caveman impulse or proving his worth as a real man.

Steve Albini

FishingManLovedReal ManWorth

I love... cheesecake in New York. I love whatever is sweet.

Tom Frieden

LoveNew YorkSweetNewWhatever

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

Roseanne Barr

GoodChildrenTimeAngerYouSay

Only ugliness is obscene.

Mary Quant

OnlyUglinessObscene

I've got a bread maker, so sometimes I make my own. That's what's lovely about not working full-time: I can bake bread.

Debra Stephenson

I CanBreadSometimesMy OwnLovely

I'm a cowboy and an Indian.

Brady Jandreau

CowboyIndian

If you really want to isolate a disease, then you have to isolate the people who carry it.

Bruce Beutler

PeopleYouWantCarryWhoDisease

I love body language.

Anton Corbijn

LoveLanguageBodyBody Language

We may fight terrorism through brute force, but the terror that is unleashed in the name of religion can only be challenged through moral courage.

Asma Jahangir

CourageReligionFightNameMoral

The work that needs to be done now is to diversify the picture of LGBTQ people so that people can see that we come from all races, different genders; we have trans people.

Wilson Cruz

WorkPeoplePictureDoneNowSee

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