Elif Batuman Quotes

One of the stories that really impressed me was 'Anna Karenina.' As a novel, that made an impression on me, showing me what the novel can do.

Elif Batuman

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That's the biggest thing I struggle with. We could never hope to represent every gay person in America. There will be people who will say, 'Well, my experience of being gay isn't like that,' to which I can only say, 'That's fine.'

Andrew Haigh

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The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

John Lothrop Motley

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I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.

John Lydon

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Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

Robert Staughton Lynd

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I'm a big fan of power trios where there's only three instruments.

Jeff Ament

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My career in racing started at a very young age in California.

Jeff Gordon

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Loving a country is an act of the imagination.

Michael Ignatieff

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After forty years in the lab, I was asked in 1991 to become president of The Rockefeller University. Unlike a working scientist, being president for seven years provided an opportunity to interact with scientists in many different fields and broadened my scope of the natural sciences.

Torsten Wiesel

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There are committed Indonesian filmmakers who are committed supporters of 'The Act Of Killing.'

Joshua Oppenheimer

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The greatest meal of my life involved a Triscuit.

Jonathan Miles

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I went to elementary school in Ottawa, and then to a private secondary school.

Douglass North

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I'm a right-wing pundit and have been for many years.

William Safire

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