James Mercer Quotes

The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop.

James Mercer

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MusicKnowModernPopHip HopHip

The best jujitsu practitioners are really serene and grounded.

Joel Edgerton

BestSereneGroundedReally

'Looking' was always a niche show for a niche within a niche. It's a gay-themed show, so you're not going to get millions of straight people watching it - that's the inevitability of it.

Andrew Haigh

PeopleLookingYouWatchingWithin

I feel like something magical is going to happen, and I feel like all the stars have finally lined up perfectly for Angie Stone.

Angie Stone

StarsFeelStoneHappenUpMagical

I grew up in southern California in the '80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.

John Scalzi

I AmWalkingCaliforniaYesUpAm

Instead of being a teacher, I got a job with a company called Bain & Co., consulting firm, and they taught me how to build businesses.

Stephen Pagliuca

TeacherJobMeBuildCompanyBeing

I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion.

Stanley Schmidt

FashionThinkHardFallingRising

That was in the days when everyone rode a bicycle, and the journal had a circulation of over one hundred and twenty-five thousand weekly, so my verses and illustrations became known to a fairly large public.

Joseph C. Lincoln

BicycleJournalOverEveryoneWeekly

When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.

Donald Rumsfeld

ControlEliminateLayerThinCutting

Some people, when they get criticism, they shy away from it.

Cheo Hodari Coker

PeopleCriticismShySome PeopleGet

My boyfriend's idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, 'Go!' Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn't humiliating, not at all.

Claudia Black

MountainStormMeBlackLessonDown

I promised her an interesting life and good food, and the rest is history.

Bob Ehrlich

LifeGoodHistoryFoodGood Food

Humans have continued to evolve quite a lot over the past ten thousand years, and certainly over 100 thousand. Sure, our biology affects our behavior. But it's unlikely that humans' early evolution is deeply relevant to contemporary psychological questions about dating or the willpower to complete a dissertation.

Annalee Newitz

PastDatingBehaviorQuestionsEarly

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