Susan Orlean Quotes

'Brave' is one of those words that has been bleached of most of its meaning these days, thanks to far too many appearances in the glaring light of ad slogans and corporate public relations. I never thought about anything as brave anymore; it just seemed like a flabby, glib cliche.

Susan Orlean

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As children, we develop some scorn for our parents and their imperfections.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

ChildrenParentsImperfectionsSome

For some reason, people think I am this terrible person and it really hurts me to hear that. I am just doing the best I know how to.

Anna Nicole Smith

BestI AmPeopleMeThinkDoing

Higher ebook prices only benefit one group: publishers.

Michael A. Stackpole

GroupOnlyBenefitPricesHigher

Music and video games go hand in hand.

Sonny Sandoval

MusicVideo GamesGoGamesHand

I've spoken often of how the fantasy genre is able to, with the greatest freedom among all the genres, take a metaphor and make it real. But of course that's only the starting point.

Steven Erikson

FreedomFantasyRealStartingPoint

I'm proud to be a railway modeler.

Rod Stewart

ProudRailway

You have to put yourself in a position to be lucky.

Roelof Botha

YourselfYouLuckyPositionPut

Cats aren't cooperative in the same way that other animals are. You can train a dog to act, but you can't train a cat in the same way.

Michael Showalter

DogCatsYouTrainAnimalsWay

People at risk of 'honour'-based violence require long-term support, often years past the closure of a case, for continuing culturally-sensitive psychological support and the development of long-term protection plans.

Deeyah Khan

PastSupportPeopleViolencePlans

Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side, not the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.

Bob Marley

GodBlack And WhiteManMeBlack

When we first started touring, we were going to these towns we'd never otherwise go to, never otherwise see, and that's sort of why we like being in a band. But we started playing these bigger rooms and not even seeing the towns.

Winston Marshall

SeeingGoWhyNeverFirstSee

The Connection Machine was the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It is a complex supercomputer and it will take forever to completely describe how it works.

Philip Emeagwali

WorldConnectionPowerfulWillTake

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