Evan Osnos Quotes

Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics.

Evan Osnos

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PowerIdeasBornHimMasterMade

Not one person would admit that they didn't want me to wear a bikini because of their aesthetic preference - a preference that is shaped by our cultural perceptions of what is and isn't beautiful.

Jennifer Armintrout

BeautifulMeAestheticAdmitPerson

More and more, the superrich don't live in one place but many, flitting between multiple homes on different continents, flying to them on private jets, perhaps, concealing many of their real estate purchases through webs of shell companies and trusts.

Anand Giridharadas

LiveReal EstateFlyingPlaceMore

Free enterprise cannot only make us better off financially, it can make us better people.

Mitt Romney

PeopleFreeBetterUsCannotOff

I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.

Jonny Wilkinson

PerfectionPrettyPursuitAware

The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion.

Derek Jarman

AmbitionIllusionDelusionPursuit

The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion.

Dorothy Corkille Briggs

IndependenceToddlerHeFearsCraves

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand.

Chili Davis

FoolFaceYouHandSamePlaying

Everybody's got scars. It's not so unique.

Brian Azzarello

UniqueScarsGotEverybody

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.

William Hazlitt

ManMindDownClockAlwaysUp

I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy.

Sean Bean

SomeoneTryingBadRefreshingGuy

Now having the honor of working for him, it is abundantly clear that President Trump is the most consequential leader of our time.

Scott Pruitt

LeaderTimeHonorNowPresidentHim

Acting is about acting, not about being a movie star.

Tyler Christopher

ActingStarBeingMovie StarMovie

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