Evan Osnos Quotes

When I moved to Beijing in 2005 to write, I was accustomed to hearing the story of China's transformation told in vast, sweeping strokes - involving one fifth of humanity and great pivots of politics and economics.

Evan Osnos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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I graduated with a B.A. from Goddard College in 1991 and then studied poetry for a year in the M.F.A. in Writing Program at Vermont College.

Jennifer McMahon

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The future is open, and I never make plans. As long as it's interesting to me, I try to live my life to the fullest.

Ann Demeulemeester

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When we build our own colonies, we can do them in near-Earth vicinity, because people are going to want to come back to Earth. Very few people - for a long time, anyway - are going to want to abandon Earth altogether.

Jeff Bezos

TimePeopleLongBackEarthWant

I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible failures I'm sure I've done them - to the God-centeredness of God and my aspiring, yearning to join Him in that activity. God is passionate about hallowing the name of God.

John Piper

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We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.

Shirley Jones

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Deprivation sometimes can be one of the most marvelous teachers.

Michele Bachmann

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Nuclear apocalypse - who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.

Christian Bale

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Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups.

Branford Marsalis

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Metal, I love metal sounds. If I have a stick with me, I just drag it across a fence. And all fences make different sounds, just like people when they laugh.

Aurora

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Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge.

Arthur Rimbaud

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Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

Sydney Smith

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I wish I didn't think about what my body looks like. It can be done - it's just a long process.

Petra Collins

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