Scarlett Thomas Quotes

I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what's going to happen at the end. But that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen in the middle. For me, it's that sense of what happens in the middle that's important.

Scarlett Thomas

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GoodMeReadingThinkEndYou

Entrepreneurs are like cats, because they are independent and do their own thing. Although organisations say they like cats, what they really want is sheep that they can herd.

Max McKeown

CatsSheepSayWantIndependentOwn

When I first experienced the millennial response to me, I had come out of a classified briefing, and I told the group of media individuals who were there that I didn't think James Comey had any credibility, and I threw up my hands and walked away - that went viral.

Maxine Waters

MeThinkMediaHandsGroupFirst

The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

John M. Ford

LanguageChosenEffectUseLeast

City Ballet has to develop choreographers of stature and a new approach to coaching before everything we value about it fades away and, in the great tradition of the Cheshire Cat, there's nothing left but Peter Martins' smile.

Robert Gottlieb

SmileGreatValueCityTradition

We should have a system of licensing and registration, we should treat firearms the same way that automobiles are treated so that people have to pass a safety test.

Michael D. Barnes

PeopleSafetyTreatTestWaySystem

I have an idealistic approach to acting. I want to be great at it, but you can't be great if the scripts are not there and the director doesn't know what he's doing.

Tom Sizemore

GreatDoingYouActingKnowWant

You choose to be happy, and in life we have as many good days as bad days. I try to find and record those songs that pull you through the bad days, and keep you believing that the good days are just around the corner.

Rodney Atkins

LifeGoodHappyBe HappyYouChoose

Most reputable scientists agree that climate change is real and that the effects are likely to be bad. But nobody can say for sure exactly what 'bad' means. The safest and most equitable way out of this horrific mess is simple: cut fossil-fuel emissions.

Michael Specter

ChangeSimpleBadNobodySayWay

I see the value in every kind of music, even country.

Diplo

MusicValueCountryKindSeeI See

I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.

Diane Kruger

GoodPeopleFamousFriendsMaybe

My eyebrows make a more profound impact on other people than they do on me. I just let 'em grow.

Peter Gallagher

PeopleMeImpactGrowMoreProfound

I'm a huge pasta and pizza lover. I can eat those every single day.

Shay Mitchell

DayPizzaI CanPastaSingleEat

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