Richard Engel Quotes

Mali exists mostly to itself. Few people go there. Few Malians leave. Most of Mali's 13 million people live, and seem to live quite happily, off the rice, corn and millet they grow and the long-horn cattle and goats they keep.

Richard Engel

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LivePeopleGrowGoLeaveRice

The fashion world has become a lot more embracing of me since I became an actress.

Mia Goth

MeWorldFashionBecomeMoreSince

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

Sid Caesar

GoodStoryTroubleGood StoryDull

I was a harpsichordist in my teens, and there was a bunch of us in Liverpool who got together every week to play Bach.

Simon Rattle

TogetherWeekPlayGotUsWho

We have to let the younger generations take our music - and approach it the way they want - but just teach them where it all comes from.

Trombone Shorty

MusicWantTeachWayTakeWhere

I was never a comic book guy. I like the movies when I see them, especially the origin stories. I never felt like I could be on the set, at 3 o'clock in the morning, tired, with 10 important decisions to make, and know, intuitively, what the story needs. For me, I'd be copycatting and not inventing. I've never said yes to one.

Ron Howard

MorningTiredMeBookStoryKnow

Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.

Mohsin Hamid

LifeSoupChancePowerfulDownGo

You in the West have been sold the idea that the only options in the Arab world are between authoritarian regimes and Islamic jihadists. That's obviously bogus.

Mohamed ElBaradei

WorldYouAuthoritarianWestOptions

There's a couple of things you shouldn't do to other humans and you shouldn't say to other humans that Khal Drogo does.

Jason Momoa

YouSayThingsOtherHumansDoes

Seattle is this curious liberal 'island.'

Jonathan Raban

CuriousIslandSeattleLiberal

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

Dick Wolf

CharacterPeopleWritingBookStory

When my mom and dad got married, they lived in south Boston, which is where the first six of my brothers were born. After that, they moved to Minnesota, which is where the other five of us were born. So there's 11 of us.

Denis McDonough

MomBornFirstBostonLivedUs

I think I identify more with the smart guy, but most people might take umbrage at that. I like to think of myself as a real thinker, but I suppose people might beg to differ.

Colin Quinn

MyselfSmartPeopleThinkMoreReal

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