Elif Batuman Quotes

My parents were born into a secular country. They met in Turkey's top medical school, moved to America in the nineteen-seventies, and became researchers and professors.

Elif Batuman

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MedicalSchoolParentsAmericaBorn

At the age of 10, I had my first piece published in what was known as the 'Junior Post,' which was part of the 'Yorkshire Post,' and it was just for kids. I read it every week. And I got paid for it. So I thought... 'I can actually do this. I can get paid to write, and this is going to be fine.' I wrote several pieces for them.

Joanna Coles

AgeThoughtWeekI CanWriteFirst

I don't really design for myself. It would be very limiting.

Jenny Packham

MyselfDesignWouldVeryReally

If anything's progressive, then we make progress.

Michael Giles

ProgressAnythingProgressiveMake

Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

LoveI Love YouI AmYouWillHaiti

I try to be feminist in, like, I love myself and I don't need someone else's approval.

Amy Lee

LoveMyselfSomeoneTryNeedLike

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

Stephanie Zimbalist

TimeWritingPuzzleThinkYouLike

I think it's absolutely fascinating that in Berlin the parliament can discuss actively the role of their soldiers in Afghanistan because is it still possible, literally, for a German soldier to take up arms.

Stephen Daldry

ThinkPossibleSoldiersAfghanistan

My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me what's wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what's right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn't nothing good outside for me.

Russell Westbrook

GoodChildhoodBrotherParentsMe

You can think you know somebody. But when they're trying to punch you in the face, you really know somebody. You learn their tendencies.

Michael Pena

FaceThinkLearnTryingYouKnow

The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom.

Jay Weatherill

WaterCrisisTwoResourcesGlobal

Marriage is all about knowing the ins and outs and the intimate details, and your wife is supposed to be the person you know best. But my brother and I think alike, know everything about one another, and when we get together, we block everything else out. Nothing exists in our world except for us.

Jon Heder

MarriageBestTogetherWifeBrother

What my voting record reflects is constantly looking to improve the amount of resources we having going into research, development, and prototypes we have going into renewable energy sources.

Chris Gibson

ResearchLookingEnergyVotingGoing

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