Elif Batuman Quotes

When I was growing up, many of my relatives had never seen a black person before. Today, hundreds, maybe thousands of Africans live in Istanbul's old city alone. It's hard to imagine their lives in their human totality.

Elif Batuman

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Too often, the music business allowed third-party companies to innovate for us - and that simply does not work anymore.

Jimmy Iovine

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We all know the place you're in has a big impact on how you feel. How you feel has an impact on the quality of work. Why wouldn't we put a lot of effort into making the place we work as efficient and productive and pleasant as possible?

Jesse Schell

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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

John F. Kennedy

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I say we have not even had the decency to maintain the assets that our parents and grandparents built for us - our roads, our bridges, our wastewater systems, our sewer systems; by the way, those weren't Bolsheviks, those weren't socialists that built those things for us - much less build the infrastructure we need for the 21st century.

Michael Bennet

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The CIA will only hire people with impeccable credentials to be a translator. 'Impeccable credentials' means you've never lived outside the United States.

Michael Bloomberg

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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

Robert A. Heinlein

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When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.

Douglas Horton

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I'd like another child, and maybe if it doesn't work out, I'll adopt.

Courteney Cox

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We also listen to PJ Harvey; a lot of driving music. You need something a little more relaxing in the car.

Brody Armstrong

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In high school - that's when I first fell in love with his music and his voice. 'Blonde on Blonde' above everything. I vaguely remember 'Desire' coming out. I definitely remember 'Street Legal' and 'Slow Train Coming.' The first time I saw Dylan was on that tour: '79 in L.A.

Todd Haynes

LoveMusicTimeSchoolHigh School

We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal.

Richard Dreyfuss

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Growing up, I used to watch 'Happy Days,' 'Laverne & Shirley,' 'All in the Family.' Those were the shows I watched growing up with my family. And, believe it or not, 'McMillan and Wife' and 'Columbo.'

Mark Pellegrino

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