Evan Osnos Quotes

Deng Xiaoping made a calculation. He bet on demographics. What he knew was that China had this enormous population of young, underemployed people, people who he could move from the farms to the coast and put them to work in factories, and that would be the lifeblood of China's economy.

Evan Osnos

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I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

Joe Rogan

MovingThinkYouMeditationSee

I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.

Johan Cruyff

BeautifulMeWorldLaughYouLook

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us.

John Jay Chapman

ManActionCorruptionSomeoneYou

People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play.

Anna Friel

LifeLovePeopleMeStartGame

When you live in a networked environment, it's possible to separate data from applications.

Stephen Cambone

LiveEnvironmentDataYouPossible

Jimmy Carter is the most intelligent. Jimmy Carter is a good man.

Sirio Maccioni

GoodManGood ManIntelligentMost

This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up in the morning, I can always feel him here with me.

Shirley Knight

MorningMeSwimmingWake UpFeel

When you set a goal, it's a personal thing, and that goal should be very big, hairy and audacious.

Tony Bates

YouGoalPersonalBigSetHairy

When you're a biographer, you want to explore the very things that your subject didn't care to talk about.

Ron Chernow

CareYouWantTalkExploreThings

You don't have to be dead to write a classic, and you don't have to be literary to be smart.

Lisa Scottoline

SmartYouDeadWriteClassic

I like to think I'm a good mechanic for the company. 'Oh well, we sprung a leak? Call Ambrose; throw him in there.' I like that because I think it has really upped my value with the company, and I think that they realize nowadays, too, another Dean Ambrose isn't going to walk through the door anytime soon - or ever.

Dean Ambrose

GoodWalkValueDoorThinkMechanic

I'm not the type of artist that's like, 'Let's go out and party and dance your life away!' I think those artists are so cool, but I wanted meaning in my songs and they have messages.

Claudia Lee

LifeDanceCoolThinkMeaningParty

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