Anthony Marra Quotes

I didn't know a single person who had ever been there. I wasn't even sure how to spell Chechnya.

Anthony Marra

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PersonKnowSingleSureBeenEven

Sometimes literary critics review the book they wanted you to write, not the book you wrote, and that's very irksome.

Jim Harrison

BookYouSometimesWriteCritics

When choosing between two similar applicants, hiring managers are increasingly turning to social media outlets to supplement information they are unable to glean from applications or interviews.

Amy Jo Martin

Social MediaMediaInformationTwo

My 3-year-old daughter is somewhat psychic. I hate the abuse of that word, so let's just say... intuitive. She was born 'in the caul,' meaning my water never broke, and superstition says that makes a child psychic.

Alysia Reiner

DaughterWaterHateChildMeaning

I never did films for the money or because I needed to buy a house or car. I do it because I love my job.

Sonakshi Sinha

LoveCarMoneyJobHouseNever

Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it.

Sigmar Gabriel

ChangeAngerIgnoreInjusticeDesire

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

Tony Jaa

FailureImprovementStoneWillNever

The world isn't always great.

Travis Kalanick

GreatWorldAlways

As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people.

Rose Wilder Lane

PeopleTreatThinkLongWayUs

Primaries are the place where you see whose message is connecting with the largest number of people.

Mitt Romney

PeopleYouPlaceSeeConnecting

I used to cheerlead in high school, and I had the biggest crush on one of my teammates' brothers. I was a great tumbler, so when he showed up at practice one day, I tried to impress him, but I ended up landing on my face! When I got off the ground, I had rug burn on my nose. I was in tears because it hurt so bad!

Josie Loren

GreatDaySchoolPracticeTearsBad

There's always somebody doing something more extreme than you are. It used to be that if you ran the marathon, that was the end of it.

Don Kardong

EndDoingYouMarathonMoreAlways

The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.

Dmitri Mendeleev

FreeBelieveWillSpiritHumanOpen

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