Susan Orlean Quotes

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.

Susan Orlean

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LifeExperienceSpaceWorldYou

I'm a quiet person's nightmare - the only time I shut up is when I'm reading, because I'm a book geek.

Jodie Whittaker

TimeBookReadingQuietPersonUp

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

Jewel

LoveHomeMyselfFeelHometownYou

Inaugural speeches are supposed to be huge and stirring. Presidents haul our heroes onstage, from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. George W. Bush brought the Liberty Bell. They use history to make greatness and achievements seem like something you can just take down from the shelf.

John Dickerson

HistoryGreatnessKingYouDown

I don't like it when people ask actors to work for free - on the fringe - as if it's some kind of virtue. That annoys me - actors should be paid well.

Andrew Scott

WorkPeopleMeFreeKindVirtue

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.

Maya Lin

ThoughtWantArtistsNecessarySome

We are trying to say that low income and low job opportunities, after a long period of time, tears at the social fabric.

Angus Deaton

TimeJobTearsOpportunitiesTrying

As an actor, sometimes you've gotta take the jobs that you may not want to do. It's so hard to work as an actor.

Travis Fimmel

WorkYouSometimesWantActorHard

We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology.

Ron Reagan

FutureIgnoranceCompassionPast

Consider this: alms aside, Wikipedia is fueled by competitive pedantry and emo-ness. How great is that?

Mary H.K. Choi

GreatCompetitiveWikipediaHowAlms

I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.

Mira Nair

FeelDreamNostalgiaPlaceKnow

I have lost every respect for U.S. justice. The judgment by the Supreme Court and the other, even more absurd judgment by a New York circuit court deciding that Iran should pay damages for 9/11 are the height of absurdity.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

RespectJusticeNew YorkLostNew

I clear my mind; I don't think about the pressure before a fight. I focus on going in the cage and being successful while doing my job.

Jose Aldo

FocusJobFightMindThinkPressure

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