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Elif Batuman Quotes

For much of my adult life, I believed, inaccurately, that I knew the story of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' - that I remembered it from childhood.

Elif Batuman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: 1977

Topics

Life Childhood Story Christmas Adult

The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed.

Meryl Streep

Movies Reason Where Being Did Chose

As a league player, for myself, you strive to win a comp. I'm lucky enough to have achieved that... but most sportspeople would love to go to the Olympics, and I haven't achieved that.

Sonny Bill Williams

Love Myself Win Enough You Go

There is nothing better than an attractive woman who doesn't act attractive.

Travis Fimmel

Woman Better Nothing Act Attractive

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

Tony Robbins

Responsibility Whatever Take Happens

There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.

Mitch Landrieu

Responsibility Broken People City

It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.

Mitski

Change Style Singing Feel Try Sound

Yes... I miss that everyone in Ireland tries to knock some humour out of every situation. I don't think I appreciated that. It's unique to Ireland.

Deirdre O'Kane

Think Unique Situation Humour Out

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.

Bruce Springsteen

Success Yourself People World You

Technology is making it easier for women to connect to business opportunities around the world. Legal obstacles must not be allowed to stand in their way. That's not just because it's economically smart. It's because discrimination shouldn't be the law.

Arancha Gonzalez

Women Business Technology Smart Law

I wanted to be someone who wanted to produce music, and here I am, and I'm happy about it.

Arijit Singh

Music I Am Happy Someone Here Who

If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak.

Sylvester Stallone

Yourself You Too Much Weak Much Too

The first 'Bad Company' was a kind of reaction to the Vietnam war - or at least a reaction to how Vietnam had entered the cultural life through films and books.

Peter Milligan

Life War Bad Kind Vietnam War First