Susan Choi Quotes

I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my most reliable neighbor to the right is Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening', which is dispiriting. That's a book I don't want to re-read.

Susan Choi

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The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations.

John M. Ford

PeopleExpectationsAudienceDislike

Congress has the responsibility to ensure that any international trade agreement entered into by the United States must serve the national interest, not merely the interests of those crafting the proposal in secret.

Jeff Sessions

ResponsibilityCongressSecretServe

Actually, I only have a few friends in real life. And when I say friends, I'm referring to those people who I've known since the 1960s.

Jean Reno

LifePeopleFriendsSayRealOnly

I wanted to be in museums. I don't do things to be small.

Amy Sherald

SmallMuseumsThingsWanted

I don't want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share.

Stephen King

RichAmericaYouWantFairPay

America - it's the best and the worst.

Ronny Chieng

BestAmericaWorst

As Americans, we're not sure we share values. We're sometimes even afraid to use the word 'values.' We talk about teaching ethics in schools - people say, 'What ethics? Whose ethics? Maybe we can't.' And they confuse that with teaching of religion.

Rudy Giuliani

ReligionEthicsPeopleValuesSay

The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.

Jon Taffer

LeadershipBossGiftYouSuccessful

Well, I think it's kind of interesting how the Osmond name has been really seen on both sides of the pendulum. There's obviously the bubblegum side, but for people who really know about music, it's clear on the other side. As a matter of fact, I find it quite ironic that Metallica used to cover 'Crazy Horses.' It was a cutting-edge album.

Donny Osmond

MusicPeopleCrazyThinkNameFind

I started putting down my thoughts on paper out of loneliness while I was studying in America. I was very close to my grandfather, and when he died, I couldn't visit home. I started scribbling those thoughts.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

HomeLonelinessThoughtsAmericaOut

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

Anthony Hopkins

LifePeopleShortDealInsecurities

My mother was the daughter of a poor schoolteacher - well, that's a tautology - a country schoolteacher.

Peter Carey

MotherDaughterCountryPoorWell

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