Anthony Marra Quotes

Ever since studying in Russia as a college student, I had been in a long-distance, one-sided love affair with Chechnya's remarkable history, culture and rugged natural beauty.

Anthony Marra

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LoveBeautyHistoryCultureCollege

I am like many of the women I have played onscreen.

Maureen O'Hara

WomenI AmLikeManyPlayedAm

To be perfectly candid, we're better at stealing other people's secrets than anyone else in the world. But we self-limit. We steal secrets to keep our citizens free and safe.

Michael Hayden

PeopleCandidWorldFreeBetter

When I was seven and watched an episode of 'Beyond 2000' that featured a floating armchair, I thought we'd definitely have one of those by 15, at the latest.

Stella Young

ThoughtBeyondFloatingSevenThose

Seeing my friends succeed, find love, or just feeling content makes me feel unconditionally happy.

Troian Bellisario

LoveHappyMeSucceedFeelFriends

I'm usually more concerned with how things sound than how they look on the page. Some people write for the page, and that's a whole other thing. I'm going for what it sounds like right away, so it may not even look good on the page.

Tom Waits

GoodPeopleLookPageSome People

I've had hundreds and hundreds of concussions, but I don't think that I have any permanent damage. A lot of my peers do.

Rob Van Dam

ThinkPermanentPeersDamageAny

Cheese was the staple. Bread you brought from home. The Schnaps came later. At the end of the week when people got paid, that's when you got your Schnaps, lots of it, five Pfennige a shot.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

HomePeopleEndWeekYouCheese

Every time you work on a project, it's a little vacation from the project you're working on the other 23 hours. That's the thing - it replenishes you to do something else.

Joss Whedon

WorkTimeVacationYouProject

Every year, I travel extensively in the autumn and the spring. I set most of the winter and summer aside for my family and my own tribal relatives. But during that traveling time, I often find myself visiting other native communities around the continent - perhaps a dozen or more each year.

Joseph Bruchac

FamilyWinterTimeMyselfTravel

Coming out, for me, was slightly painful. It was a relief, but it was also painful.

Jonathan Groff

MeOutComingPainfulReliefAlso

When you find somebody who doesn't give and take, you go, 'Remind me never to work with you again.'

Ciaran Hinds

WorkMeYouFindGoNever

The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.'

William Safire

CultureManAmericanNowStrawUsed

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