Lionel Shriver Quotes

I am hopeful that the concept of 'cultural appropriation' is a passing fad: people with different backgrounds rubbing up against each other and exchanging ideas and practices is self-evidently one of the most productive, fascinating aspects of modern urban life.

Lionel Shriver

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeI AmPeopleIdeasUpModern

If you choose to do things that you are passionate about, you will not only do them better, but most importantly, you'll be a significantly happier person.

Robert Kraft

BetterYouChoosePersonPassionate

Apple took the edge off the word 'computer.'

Steve Jobs

AppleEdgeOffComputerWordTook

As you know from reading many of these Negro writers, we don't deal too much with the discussion of democracy and what it means and how improvisation fits in all that.

Stanley Crouch

DemocracyReadingYouToo MuchKnow

You can make something big when young that will carry you through life. Look at all the big startups like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. They were all started by very young people who stumbled on something of unseen value. You'll know it when you hit a home run.

Steve Wozniak

LifeHomeValuePeopleYouLook

Food was always a focus for us, lyrically.

Mike D

FoodFocusAlwaysUsLyrically

Feminists are disappointed in each other a lot, a natural side effect of being involved in a movement, which naturally implies that progress toward the ultimate goal is the only measure of success and that setbacks are always disasters.

Michelle Dean

SuccessProgressMeasureGoalAlways

I like Ryan McGinley's work.

Juergen Teller

WorkLikeRyan

To be honest with you, girls didn't really start paying attention to me until after 'Clueless' came out. Then, all of a sudden, it was different. And that's the honest-to-goodness truth. I wasn't very popular until that happened. I have zero pickup lines. My game, I guess you could say, is my work.

Donald Faison

WorkTruthMeStartGameAttention

I'm lucky on so many counts - I'm lucky to be alive.

Cory Monteith

AliveLuckyCountsMany

Life passes us by if all we do is focus on the future. Being present, for the present, is really what is important.

Brandon Jenner

LifeFutureFocusPresentImportant

I am going to try to rip the economic guts out of Indiana. But we're going to do it methodically and aggressively.

Bruce Rauner

DogsCornLover

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

Anton Chekhov

HappyPeopleEverythingOutWhom

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