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Evan Osnos Quotes

By tradition, Beijing is a city of walls, sheltering its intrigues and ambitions behind a series of concentric barriers from the Great Wall down to courtyard homes that draw sunlight only from the gardens at their core.

Evan Osnos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 24, 1976

Topics

Great Walls City Down Wall Sunlight

When I first heard 'Robocop' was going to be remade. I said, 'Yeah, that's interesting. I'll probably watch that at some point, but I'm not interested at all to be in it.'

Joel Kinnaman

Interesting Said First Point Going

When we did the sign outside, we did not do the cigarette or the mug of beer because it was going to be outside. I wasn't sure if the city would object.

John Gates

Beer City Outside Going Sure Sign

Wiseman's films are some of the most pure cinema, and to take a journey in a Wiseman film is like no other. He's been doing it so long, with a body of over 40 films!

Roger Ross Williams

Journey Doing Long Body Cinema Over

Some of my fights in PRIDE, I felt tired. I would train on the punching bag and feel great but then get tired in my fights.

Mirko Cro Cop

Great Tired Pride Feel Bag Train

I don't like to say bad things about paleontologists, but they're not very good scientists. They're more like stamp collectors.

Luis Walter Alvarez

Good Bad Say More Things Like

For me, I just want to sing about life. And since I come from a spiritual background, I turned to jazz, because I feel it's still sacred, like gospel. It's serious music, but it allows room to sing about so much other stuff as well.

Lizz Wright

Life Music Spiritual Me Feel Jazz

When I started in the business in 1999 and 2000, we had companies that were going public in two, three or four years.

David Sze

Business Three Two Years Going Four

Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim?

Arabella Weir

Success You Goal Aim Whatever Where

The only thing I can do with my bitcoin is give it to somebody else.

Peter Schiff

I Can Give Only Somebody Bitcoin

The Taj, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Cracao Basilica and Polish church are some monuments that hold a special place in my memory.

Shaan

Blue Memory Church Place Monuments

I find 'Fatal Attraction' really romantic. I really like the seduction. Almost every time I see it, I'm surprised when it goes dark. I know that's the claim to fame, but I key into how genuinely romantic it is.

Shane Carruth

Time Romantic Key Find Dark Know

The way I looked when I started modelling - I was a skinny schoolgirl, stuffing tissues into my little 32A bra. I wasn't trying to be that thin; I was perfectly healthy, but still - that look is a total impossibility for women over the age of 20. Fashion has a lot to answer for, doesn't it?

Twiggy

Women Age Fashion Trying Look Way