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Evan Osnos Quotes

When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects.

Evan Osnos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Living Thirty Oil More Working Most

My thesis project was to identify quasars, which are very distant, very energetic objects and still quite mysterious.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Mysterious Project Still Objects

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.

Jodie Foster

Good Eyes Time Best Camera Long

The biggest compliment to me is that guys really approach me and they have a connection with me, so there must be something I'm doing that is authentic, otherwise they wouldn't connect with me so strongly. It's a real compliment.

Jeremy Piven

Me Doing Connection Compliment Real

It's a privilege to be an actor, as it's not work - it's a job.

Matthew Nable

Work Job Privilege Actor

When we were younger, playing a bar or a club, we did what we did to get as many people to like what we were doing. I wanted the person in the back of the room to like it as much as the ones in the front. That's how I've always looked at it.

Angus Young

People Doing Back Person Bar Club

The Treasury Department would use the interest from these securities to hire U.S. companies to build Saudi Arabia - new cities, new infrastructure - which we've done.

John Perkins

New Done Build Hire Interest Would

A man with a mouth like a mastiff, a brow like a mountain, and eyes like burning antracite - that was Dan'l Webster in his prime.

Stephen Vincent Benet

Eyes Man Mountain Mouth Prime Like

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

Steven Spielberg

Family Together Growing Up Growing

I miss Irish milk. Probably not as much as Superquinn sausages.

Tristan MacManus

Milk Irish Miss Sausages Much

My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.

Slash

Guitar Rock Lead Roll Fan Huge

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.

Robertson Davies

Dope Worst Characteristics Miser

I really love jeans.

Miranda Lambert

Love Jeans Really