Susan Orlean Quotes

Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it.

Susan Orlean

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DogGatheringPossibleMoreHuman

We've all got stories to tell that no one else knows. We've all got this truly unique experience of being. So I would say cultivate that, because then also you're cultivating something which is very natural to you.

Max Richter

ExperienceYouUniqueSayTell

I know a lot of people around the world have these problems where there's just no light, no electricity, nothing.

Ann Makosinski

LightPeopleWorldProblemsKnow

I don't care who I align with. Things happen naturally.

Metta World Peace

CareThings HappenHappenThingsWho

To put it crudely, 'The Act of Killing' would blast open the space for the more delicate film, 'The Look of Silence,' to do its work.

Joshua Oppenheimer

WorkSilenceSpaceLookMoreOpen

The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to make me tremble.

Joseph Rotblat

LifeMomentWarMeFactsMy Life

The 'wisdom of the crowds' is the most ridiculous statement I've heard in my life. Crowds are dumb.

Drew Curtis

LifeWisdomMy LifeDumbRidiculous

Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.

Donald Glover

MeListeningLookingWantUpKids

I think that's one thing about the entertainment industry: Athletes want to be actors, and musicians want to be actors, so it all kind of mixes nice together.

Clay Matthews III

TogetherThinkMusiciansNiceKind

I think, in a way, I invented the term 'fight club' and that these things have always existed, but they never really had a label. Nobody had a language to apply to them. I created that language in two words and I've been paid a great deal of money for inventing two words and labeling something that has always been around.

Chuck Palahniuk

GreatMoneyWordsFightThinkWay

When I did 'Rocky Horror,' I didn't want to meet the audience afterward, because they'd been having a good time yelling names at me all night, and I didn't really want to tell them that I didn't have such a good time being yelled at all night.

Alice Ripley

GoodTimeMeHaving A Good TimeMeet

The comptroller of New York City ought to have all the characteristics of a major corporation's CFO - quiet rigor, obsessive care for detail, incorruptible judgment, an ability to work assiduously behind the scenes with the key stakeholders.

Tina Brown

WorkNew YorkCityDetailKeyCare

I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

Norm MacDonald

LoveBestHateCollaborationWriting

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