Susan Orlean Quotes

I rarely listen to commercial radio, and when I do, I'm shocked by how many ads there are, and how annoying they are, and how bad the radio station usually is.

Susan Orlean

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BadListenRadioAnnoyingShocked

When you're climbing something as challenging as Meru, it's all about efficiency. Even a decision as small as what to eat for dinner would expend energy you need for making other, more dramatic decisions.

Jimmy Chin

DecisionDinnerSmallEnergyYou

Here in America, people come out to see what they've known you to do. In England, it's like everyone comes out to tell you exactly how well they think you're doing.

John Oliver

PeopleThinkAmericaDoingYouSee

Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs - and her violently checkered career - attest.

Robert Gottlieb

DemonsCareerMoreTwoShareHer

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

John Updike

ArtSpaceSpiritBreathingRoom

I don't think countries engage with each other looking at immediate gains. It's building a partnership.

Anand Sharma

BuildingLookingThinkPartnership

Some people say I'm a young man in a hurry. Well, guess what: they're right.

Tom Cotton

ManPeopleYoungSayYoung ManWell

I think, a lot of time, when I'm making art, I'm trying to get into a state of childlike play, where I'm not self-conscious; I'm not worried about what the outcome is going to be. I'm just having fun.

Lisa Hanawalt

TimeArtFunHaving FunThinkPlay

If you can find the courage, if you have in your heart even the slightest bit of rebellion against injustice, maybe you can channel that and become a leader.

Cherry Jones

LeaderHeartCourageYouInjustice

I'd be more than delighted to go find energy in Club Med. But we've tried and did not find it.

Christophe de Margerie

EnergyFindGoMoreClubTried

The notion of looking on at life has always been hateful to me. What am I if I am not a participant? In order to be, I must participate.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

LifeI AmMeLookingAlwaysOrder

But had they not paid that advance we would have lost much more, we would have started to go and look for the product all over again, the refinery would have stopped working.

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

LookLostGoProductMoreOver

If I get the idea, and I get some clarity on how I feel about that idea, then I can safely assume I'll find the right words. I do have that confidence.

Philip Schultz

ConfidenceWordsFeelFindI Can

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