Evan Osnos Quotes

In 1975, the collapse of a cascade of Chinese dams during a flood killed a hundred and seventy-one thousand people, but the event is rarely discussed, and the names of the victims are largely unrecorded today.

Evan Osnos

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TodayPeopleNamesFloodEventDams

I was a Knicks fan until the day I bought the Bulls.

Jerry Reinsdorf

DayFanBullsUntilBoughtKnicks

As an actor, that's the most that you can hope for - not only being part of a story, but being part of a story that matters.

Melissa Ponzio

HopeStoryYouActorMattersBeing

For me, the main goal is loving music and experiencing the great music-making with the orchestra, which is the great reason why I conduct, and that is the main goal.

Andris Nelsons

MusicGreatMeLovingGoalWhy

I love festivals because I feel like I'm more of a movie fan than a person who's in the film industry.

Melanie Lynskey

LoveFeelFestivalsPersonMoreFan

Trudeau, like President Barack Obama, is a champion of change.

Amy Klobuchar

ChangeChampionPresidentLikeObama

Sir Richard Branson is probably the best communicator ever. He was an inspiration for me - contrary to some reports, we've never done business together, although we did discuss an aviation venture very early on. I don't think easyJet competes with Virgin - we're in different areas.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

BusinessBestTogetherMeThink

Draco's not really a bully. He's not exactly the biggest, strongest guy in the world. He's more a rich, snobby person. He thinks of himself as really cool.

Tom Felton

CoolWorldRichPersonMoreGuy

I didn't have the kind of talent or personality that kept me dreaming about Hollywood. They don't hire little colored girls to do this or that. After I got that in my head, I took another direction.

Ruby Dee

PersonalityTalentMeDirectionKind

The family meal is really the nursery of democracy. It's where we learn to share; it's where we learn to argue without offending. It's just too critical to let go, as we've been so blithely doing.

Michael Pollan

FamilyDemocracyLearnDoingGo

I went through a lazy period.

Michael Keaton

LazyThroughPeriod

I'm not pugnacious or argumentative. I'd probably feel fear going into a pub in the Outback.

Louis Theroux

FearFeelGoingPub

I realize that no one is going to come to me and ask me to be Julius Caesar or a romantic lead, but I think I'm a certain type of guy who looks a certain way, and that's just the reality of things.

Dennis Farina

RomanticMeThinkRealityLooksWay

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