Elif Batuman Quotes

Even in novels where the love relationship isn't the focus, I feel like it's often there, and the background is some barometer of whether this is a happy or sad story or whether this is a successful or unsuccessful life.

Elif Batuman

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LifeLoveRelationshipSadFocus

The loudest voices we hear are those who advocate conflict, divisiveness.

John C. Danforth

ConflictLoudestAdvocateVoicesWho

It's taken me longer still to realize what a short span there is between those life experiences and the rest of your life. That's a job for the people who lived through it.

Jeremy Northam

LifeJobPeopleMeRestShort

People always want to know what I fed my kids. I gave them real food, not frozen pizza.

Maye Musk

FoodPizzaPeopleKnowWantFrozen

In the real world, some defense lawyers never have an innocent client in their whole career.

Michael Connelly

WorldLawyersCareerInnocentNever

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

Steve Nash

BestWorldNightReadyPlayPoint

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Jean de la Bruyere

PolitenessWithinShouldMakes

My father made about $25 a week. We always lived just on the edge.

Dick Van Dyke

FatherWeekEdgeAlwaysLivedJust

I want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself, and our situation, especially the American people who show their care about the quality of justice as a universal value and I'm very grateful to all of you.

Chen Guangcheng

FamilyLoveGratitudeJusticeMyself

My ears sort of turn off when someone tells me that what my heart is saying isn't a good idea.

Chrisette Michele

GoodHeartMeSayingSomeoneTurn

I remember I'd come home from fifth, sixth grade, and I'd watch 'Saved by the Bell' and be like, 'I hope my high school experience is like that.' And it totally wasn't. It sucked.

Cory Monteith

HomeHopeExperienceSchoolRemember

Sometimes entrepreneurs, successful people, need to put their blinders back on. They're losing their day to distraction, to faulty obligations.

Brendon Burchard

DayLosingPeopleBackSometimes

The media lies to us all the time, and we always believe the media.

Ariel Pink

TimeBelieveMediaAlwaysUsLies

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