Elif Batuman Quotes

I don't believe in being ashamed about not having read things.

Elif Batuman

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BelieveAshamedThingsBeingRead

There's a sea of music out there, but there's no curation for it.

Jimmy Iovine

MusicSeaOut

The financial crisis and the Great Recession left firms with excess capacity, reducing incentives to invest. If businesses expect slower growth to continue, that will also hold down investment.

Jerome Powell

GrowthGreatFinancialDownCrisis

Mode of providing steam power to locomotives.

John Ericsson

PowerSteamProvidingMode

With a film, you have to pare down and take stuff out and squish it all down into a 110 page script.

Melissa Rosenberg

YouDownPageOutTakeFilm

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption.

Anna Seward

SuccessMyselfWouldCombatIndeed

One can hardly be Indian and not know that almost every accent, which hand you eat your food with, has some deeper symbolic truth, reality.

Anish Kapoor

TruthFoodRealityYouKnowHand

If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated.

Martin O'Malley

SchoolThinkInitiativeMayorOur

My father never really encouraged me or even took an interest after I walked away from the family business. No one did except my mother and my grandfather. To be truthful, I cannot remember one meaningful conversation I had with my father.

Juergen Teller

FamilyFatherMotherBusinessMe

If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident you are funny.

Judah Friedlander

FunnyConfidentComedyDoingYou

After Le Havre, I became the youngest player in the first division in Reunion. I made my debut at 16. That's how I got spotted by Nantes.

Dimitri Payet

ReunionFirstDivisionGotMadeHow

I'd love to still be able to play a bit of football, but my knees are shot to pieces.

Bradley Walsh

LoveFootballPlayPiecesKneesBit

I've always kept a low profile. I'm not comfortable at social events or parties. I feel awkward. So if I'm not working, I prefer to remain in my own zone.

Anushka Sharma

FeelComfortableMy OwnEventsOwn

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