Elif Batuman Quotes

The first modern novel was already a product, even an expression, of negative criticism: 'Don Quixote' contains a quite explicit critique of the chivalric romance and its insufficiency to account for the way real life feels when you get up in the morning in 17th-century Spain.

Elif Batuman

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My summer jobs for three years were going to work in my dad's factory and earn a bit of pocket money. I absolutely loved it, and I think I learnt more there than I did at Cambridge, actually, in terms of how hard work is and how tough it is finding a job, keeping a job, managing a job and family and commitments outside of work.

Jo Cox

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Coming together should be considered something positive for people and communities. When thoughts come together, that can be more positive than an individual thought.

Amitabh Bachchan

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I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.

Steve Yzerman

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To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus; it goes to the balance sheet. A transparent foundation should disclose this.

Shiv Nadar

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I've been fortunate to drive for some of the greats in racing.

Robby Gordon

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Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don't assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken.

Rose George

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My mom, grandma, great-grandma - we're all named Mary, and we all play piano and sing.

Mary Lambert

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Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

Mary Astell

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The phrase 'teen hottie' literally makes me want to throw up.

Lorde

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There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives.

Josephine Hart

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I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, 'This is my idea and here's all the reasons that it's right.' It doesn't make for very compelling reading.

Donald Miller

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The law does not allow the FTC to just snap its fingers and temporarily block a merger.

Brett Kavanaugh

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