Michelle Dean Quotes

The 'beach read' has become such a ubiquitous concept in contemporary literature that we assume it has always been around. In fact, the term only emerged in the 1990s, usually in book trade publications such as 'Booklist' and 'Publisher's Weekly.'

Michelle Dean

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BeachBookLiteratureBecomeAlways

I'm grateful to be successful, and I'm grateful that we can make a living, and I hope we can maintain our integrity forever. That's really my only dream. The notion of bigness or smallness, I feel like that comes and goes in such waves that are kind of out of my control.

Jim James

IntegrityHopeGratefulControlFeel

But in terms of the code by which we go to market - it's not telling kids to supersize, we're not selling them, generally, products, in the advertising we do to them.

Jim Cantalupo

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I think food is getting lighter and healthier because people eat out so often. It's about quality ingredients because that is the root of good food.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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People with advantages don't tend to want to give them up. If you see it as a zero-sum game, then it will never change. If only the people who are disadvantaged speak out, then it's not enough. I don't want to overshadow their voices, but I want to support.

Stan Van Gundy

ChangeSupportPeopleGameSpeak

Now if you are condemned to life on welfare, I'm not so sure that being in a bigger welfare village is that much better than being in a smaller welfare village.

Tony Abbott

LifeBetterYouVillageNowBigger

For a dude, I think I do cook. I'm a stay-at-home parent a lot of the time.

Mike D

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It actually makes perfect sense why women in Hollywood get so skinny: because it's a way of controlling how people see you.

Julia Stiles

WomenPeopleYouPerfectHollywood

In truth, men speak too much of danger.

Jose Marti

TruthMenSpeakToo MuchDangerToo

Ensuring a better future for all South Africans will require increased access to higher education, a stronger and fairer labour market, deeper participation in regional markets, and a regulatory framework that fosters entrepreneurship and allows small businesses to thrive.

Jose Angel Gurria

EducationFutureSmallBetterThrive

Buckminster Fuller - he never lost faith in the goodness of humanity.

Chris Sacca

FaithHumanityGoodnessLostNever

In a certain way, novelists become unacknowledged historians, because we talk about small, tiny, little anonymous moments that won't necessarily make it into the history books.

Colum McCann

HistorySmallMomentsWayBecome

My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility.

Claire Danes

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