Elif Batuman Quotes

Every time a meteor comes close to the earth, we all think about the end of the world - but our internal soundtrack doesn't turn off. We're also thinking about pizza or passing a slow tractor or making a turn, and for a magical instant, our lives seem to be in conversation with the stars.

Elif Batuman

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StarsTimePizzaWorldThinkingEnd

Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly.

Jim Otto

GameYouNeverSingleEveryoneBeat

Corruption is just another form of tyranny.

Joe Biden

CorruptionTyrannyJustFormAnother

Mum was an absolutely determined woman. She was determined I would have a good education, and they went without all sorts of things to ensure it.

Joan Kirner

EducationGoodWomanSheWithout

I think we are ready to know that there are going to be people who are ready to save the world, who come out when you're in trouble and make sure that you're okay.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

PeopleWorldThinkYouReadyKnow

I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's appropriate.

John Edwards

FaithRestThinkCountryPersonal

If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable.

Andre Breton

LoveMePlaceEverythingAboveMost

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to be tough. I discovered that I didn't want to be the woman I was raised to be - a good, traditional wife. When I went out in the world to find a husband, I found that husbands weren't ready to accept the kind of woman I was going to be.

Angeles Mastretta

GoodWifeWomanWorldToughHusband

When the Holocaust happened, I was 15 years old. My parents kept it a secret from me, despite belonging to the Red Cross. I only found out about it much later. Even today I still feel guilty, because I was an ignoramus between the age of 15 and 25. I am sorry I couldn't stand up for them.

Jean-Luc Godard

AgeTodayI AmRedParentsMe

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

Toni Morrison

WarPeopleBlackCountryClassUsed

If you were to see me as a cheerleader, that would mean I was only watching instead of thinking.

Tom Landry

MeThinkingYouMeanWatchingSee

We defeated communism in part by showing the world that a commitment to democracy and expanding economic opportunity makes people's lives better and nations more secure, meaning our commitments overseas also makes us stronger and safer here at home.

Mike Quigley

HomeOpportunityCommitmentPeople

I don't make films to reproduce reality.

Michel Hazanavicius

RealityMakeReproduceFilms

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