Giles Foden Quotes

You can gesture at the transnational problem of Islamist terrorism all you like, but it's just hot air unless you invest in proper security on the ground in your own country, with the right safeguards to civil liberties.

Giles Foden

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ProblemYouSecurityCountryHot

I can't stop thinking about the devaluation of black life, and I find it seeping into everything I write.

Jesmyn Ward

LifeBlackThinkingFindStopWrite

I don't know if you know this - I don't drive a stick. I mean, I barely drive my automatic. I get to work and everything, but I'm not any kind of driving prodigy.

Jessica Pare

WorkDriveDrivingYouKnowKind

We strive for error-free medicine in a world that is sometimes all too human.

Michael C. Burgess

WorldMedicineSometimesStriveToo

A positive, high-performance culture can quickly turn negative if the CEO is not rigorous in constantly articulating values and holding people accountable for both results and values.

Ron Williams

PositiveCulturePeopleNegativeCEO

There's always apprehension whenever I launch anything, it seems. When I launch a tour, people are always, 'Oooh, is this gonna work?' And when I launch an album: 'Ooh, is this gonna work?' Or a new video. 'Really?' It's always like that - but I've always acted on the impulse that I have nothing to lose.

Mika

WorkPeopleLoseNewNothingLaunch

I try to figure out - intellectually, philosophically, psychologically - what the experience of beauty is.

Denis Dutton

BeautyExperienceTryOutFigure

We live - on a spinning planet in a world of spin.

Christopher Buckley

LiveWorldSpinningPlanetSpin

You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.

Christopher Cross

YouWantCraftWhateverMayJust

I think what really clicked for me was when I started booking commercials as a dancer... just being on set and seeing every element of production, it was magic to me.

Bree Turner

MeThinkMagicSeeingProduction

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

Willie Mays

BaseballMeKeyPlayingDefense

Why do I write? I have been called a writer of catastrophes, but that isn't true. I am always looking for words of love. Hate will not save us. Only love.

Svetlana Alexievich

LoveHateWordsI AmLookingTrue

I have very little faith that I'll ever find someone. I've had some bad luck and I've made some bad choices - not in men, but in how I've chosen to deal with relationships.

Selma Blair

FaithMenLuckChoicesSomeoneBad

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