Jonathan Franzen Quotes

When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.

Jonathan Franzen

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FamilyHopePeopleAmericanDoing

I didn't particularly want to go to Westminster - not that there were many seats available or chances for women to get elected. In 1987, Labour sent down 50 MPs, and only one of them was a woman.

Johann Lamont

WomenWomanDownGoWantChances

Australia's beautiful, but I'm not too into Australian culture.

Jens Lekman

BeautifulCultureAustraliaToo

By the mid-1950s, more than a third of all America workers in the private sector were unionized. And the unions demanded and received a fair slice of the American pie.

Robert Reich

AmericanAmericaPieUnionsMore

It's a market economy. Apparently the demand for great coaches exceeds the supply, so of course the price of good coaches is going to be high.

Michael Gartner

GoodGreatPriceEconomyHighGoing

Being the house ethnic was destroying my life and my sense of myself, because I had been consigned to play every dusky maiden you have ever seen in your life in movies.

Rita Moreno

LifeMyselfMy LifeYouHousePlay

If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice and second would be New York.

Roman Abramovich

LiveNew YorkThinkChoiceNew

Uber is a good car service, and that's exactly what they were when we launched.

Logan Green

GoodCarServiceUberWereExactly

There can sometimes be this fear among laypeople: 'I don't understand everything in science perfectly, so I just can't say anything about it.' I think it's good to know that we scientists are also confused some of the time.

Lisa Randall

GoodFearScienceTimeThinkKnow

To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

GoodIntegritySoulMeThoughts

I have started exploring my own life and have started valuing myself. I have started valuing my individuality.

Divyanka Tripathi

LifeMyselfIndividualityMy OwnOwn

You tell me you want to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat you. My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.

Derek Jeter

MeEnjoyYouDownSometimesStreet

And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization.

Chauncey Wright

ScienceMenProgressGeniusRather

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