Elif Batuman Quotes

When in doubt, it is better to do the less conservative thing and to err on the side of the more colorful, possibly terrible mistake. That comes from thinking of yourself as a writer.

Elif Batuman

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We are tired of being beaten by policemen. We are tired of seeing our people locked up in jails over and over again. And then you holler, 'Be patient.' How long can we be patient?

John Lewis

TiredPeopleLongYouSeeingOver

InSight will get to the 'core' of the nature of the interior and structure of Mars, well below the observations we've been able to make from orbit or the surface.

John M. Grunsfeld

NatureWillInsightStructureMars

The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way.

Sting

JourneySpiritualPracticeYouWay

I'll never regret a moment I spent at the University of Oklahoma or my decision to stay home and become a Sooner for life.

Trae Young

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Nations are not thugs. They are bodies of intelligent people.

Rufus Jones

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I am accordingly ready; I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation.

Dolley Madison

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Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world.

Chip Conley

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As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience.

Christopher Walken

YouPersonPlayActorBecomeMade

I get the hypocrisy thing, but any human being is allowed to have a public and private face, and celebrities should have the same rights as regular people to decide what cards they lay down and what cards they hide.

Cindy Crawford

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I think it is the fact that I want to quit that keeps me going. It's very complicated. But I think part of this whole exploration with every job that I do is, in terms of overcoming fear and by overcoming the fear, I feel so much more complete, and I learn something new about myself.

Brie Larson

FearMyselfJobMeOvercomingThink

I am lucky to say now that it is not frightening for me, living in L.A., to be gay. Even when I was in Texas, I wasn't afraid. I was kind of out in high school. I just could never decide on what label. I am glad that I am public about it, and I think I should be.

Brianna Hildebrand

SchoolI AmMeHigh SchoolThink

I don't do enough movies that I can call it a career. It really is sort of like summer jobs or something like that. It's very much like holiday work as far as, okay, I do it, and I'm there for two weeks and hopefully am working really hard, and then it's done, and I kind of go back to what I was doing before.

Wyatt Cenac

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