George Packer Quotes

Oprah is just this goddess presiding over so much of American life, and her story is really interesting - the way she made herself, and the ruthlessness it took, and also the fantasizing that it took.

George Packer

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LifeStoryAmericanInterestingWay

The biggest affront to any audience is if you feel like someone took something you love and is selling it out.

Max Joseph

LoveFeelSomeoneYouSellingOut

I write some country music. There's a song called 'I Hope You Dance.' Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody beat me to it.

Maya Angelou

MusicHopeDanceMeSongYou

Every day, you want to come in and contribute when your name is in the lineup.

Steve Clevenger

DayNameYouEvery DayWantCome

Being here in the United States, English is not my first language. It's kind of a challenge for me, a big challenge for my family.

Shinsuke Nakamura

FamilyChallengeMeLanguageKind

I stayed at Morgan Stanley for 27 years because it was fun. I kept learning.

Ruth Porat

LearningFunYearsBecauseMorgan

People need medicine and they need therapists.

Mickey Rourke

PeopleMedicineNeedTherapists

Alas, the world has never known a sound social fabric, a fabric sound and clean to the core and kindly. For it has ever turned its back on Man.

Louis Sullivan

ManWorldBackNeverSoundClean

I am scared of horror movies.

Chris Gethard

I AmMoviesHorrorScaredAm

Working in the entertainment industry exposes me to every current cosmetic fad.

Connie Sellecca

MeEntertainmentIndustryWorking

There's many ups and downs in the fight game.

Conor McGregor

FightGameUps And DownsManyDowns

If I'm in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, 'Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?'

Brian Helgeland

ThoughtYouDownFirstSizeSee

I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus.

Shawn Johnson

LoveFishSushiChickenEatLean

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