Marie Brennan Quotes

The truth is that real history was a lot more complicated than our popular understandings lead us to believe.

Marie Brennan

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Not unlike our country's history, my personal history was founded upon an unfortunate history of racial conflict between black and white.

Jidenna

Black And WhiteHistoryConflictOur

You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'

Joe Torre

BestWorldYouPlayDoubleBring

I've always said my audience is just me. It's somebody out there who's exactly like me and just isn't writing Daring Fireball.

John Gruber

MeWritingSaidAlwaysAudienceOut

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

John F. Kennedy

GrowthFreedomEnemyConformity

Having people remember something that you did 25 years ago doesn't suck.

John Cusack

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When Taylor Swift was first beginning to really take off, a couple of guys I knew in her band called and offered me a job on her tour playing acoustic guitar and singing background vocals, and they thought I would be a really good fit for it.

Matthew Ramsey

GoodJobBeginningMeSingingFirst

There's something about taking the path of least resistance that makes a lot of sense. But at the same time, we have to figure out which things in life are worth struggling through.

Angela Duckworth

LifePathTimeWorthResistanceOut

Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands of industry groups and governments, and we are - increasingly, I think - seeing important decisions made by unaccountable, non-transparent corporate players, a shift from the open web to mobile walled gardens, and a shift from the production-based Internet to one that's consumption-based.

Sue Gardner

ThinkInternetDecisionsHandsOpen

Everyone in England knows about Burberry, and it kind of represents a standard of being well-dressed... But the nice thing is, they have a lot of clothes, so I still feel like myself whenever I'm wearing their clothes.

Tom Odell

MyselfFeelClothesNiceKindBeing

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.

Mohsin Hamid

IslamRaceCharacteristics

I wanted to create clothes for women in their 40s and 50s and 60s who have careers and are sexy and don't want to look like grandmothers.

Joseph Altuzarra

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There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.

Jonathan Carroll

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