Elif Batuman Quotes

I'm Turkish-American; I was a freshman at Harvard in 1995 and 96. I did teach English in Hungary in the summer of 1996. I'm an autobiographical writer in the sense that whether in fiction or nonfiction, the issues and relationships and phenomena and problems I'm most interested in exploring are the ones I've experienced personally.

Elif Batuman

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The action of Rosa Parks, the words and leadership of Dr. King inspired me. I was deeply inspired. I wanted to do something.

John Lewis

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Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they're built to be buoyant. It's easy to demean them.

Matthew McConaughey

EasyHardBuiltWaysThemBuoyant

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

Matt Roper

WorstAnythingCouldAnyoneAd

I've always been someone who thought it didn't matter where you were playing. I always shot for the best you could get. It never bothered me if it was small or it was big.

Angus Young

BestMeSmallThoughtSomeoneYou

If you're a painter, you don't go, 'Abstract's really selling, so that's what I'm going to do.' If you're really truly an artist, you have to think what you're meant to paint.

Trisha Yearwood

ThinkYouArtistSellingGoPaint

I mean, people need to remember without the grassroots, Ronald Reagan probably doesn't become president of the United States of America and he worked the grassroots on a regular basis during his political career and especially between the years of 1976 and 1980 after the loss in Kansas City.

Michael Reagan

PeopleCityPoliticalAmericaLoss

There's 4,000-plus stocks out there, and sometimes it gets a little confusing. And we like them to start with the portfolio grader, but if they'd like to see how I use the system and pick stocks - we offer that as well.

Louis Navellier

StartSometimesSeeOutSystemWell

What happens off-screen definitely informs your performance on screen.

Jovan Adepo

PerformanceScreenYourHappens

I'm a slob. I live in sweatpants and workout clothes.

Dinah Manoff

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I don't recall being excited about a new rapper, ever.

DMX

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I just love to be out on the lake, wakeboard, surfing, just playing, man.

Donald Cerrone

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I know a lot of a cappella groups, but none of them are doing backflips while singing, for sure.

Chrissie Fit

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