Elif Safak Quotes

Turkey is a complex country. Most readers are women, of all generations, and they are passionate about books. However, the written culture is mostly patriarchal. In general, men write; women read. I would like to see this pattern changing. More women should write novels, poems, plays, and hopefully, more men will read fiction.

Elif Safak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: turkish
  • Birth: October 25, 1971

Topics

WomenCultureMenCountryPassionate

I get my competitive edge from my mum. When we're together, we're competitive about little things - it'll be, 'I can bake cakes better than you can.' But she's never been a pushy parent; she's always just supported me.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

TogetherMeLittle ThingsBetterYou

Television saved the movies. The Internet is going to save the news business.

Matt Drudge

BusinessInternetTelevisionNews

It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones.

Ann Brashares

ExpectationsBigEasierThanMuch

We're just technologists.

Travis Kalanick

Just

Peter Parker is probably the most relatable superhero - maybe ever - because he goes through something that basically everyone has to go through. Whether it's puberty or talking to girls or doing homework, he does it in such a human way. That's why he's such a beloved character: because so many people can relate to him.

Tom Holland

CharacterPeopleDoingTalkingGo

I am a fan of history.

Tom T. Hall

HistoryI AmFanAm

I come from a very working-class background, so my family would have been downstairs in the past, as opposed to upstairs. People are often quite surprised to hear that, that I'm not actually posh.

Michelle Dockery

FamilyPastPeopleIn The PastBeen

The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.

Arthur Young

ManPurposeUnderstandingKnowTalk

He exists and we have four people who identified him and I know who he is, where he is, what his phone number is, everything about him that one needs. All I need is a criminal trial so I can have him subpoenaed.

William Pepper

PeoplePhoneI CanKnowNeedHim

As we continue down the path of automation, virtually every city will have 24-hour convenience stores, 24-hour libraries, 24-hour banks, 24-hour churches, 24-hour schools, 24-hour movie theaters, 24-hour bars and restaurants, and even 24-hour shopping centers.

Thomas Frey

PathCityShoppingAutomationDown

Rush has done some top-notch quality work, and we're very, very pleased with them. We really enjoy working with them. They are on time and on budget, which makes me happy.

Mark Russell

WorkTimeQualityHappyMeEnjoy

Team competition is my priority.

Lin Dan

CompetitionTeamPriority

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