David Ebershoff Quotes

History devours, but at times it resurrects. Some lives must wait for history to catch up.

David Ebershoff

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HistoryWaitUpCatchMustSome

I like someone who is a little crazy but coming from a good place. I think scars are sexy because it means you made a mistake that led to a mess.

Angelina Jolie

GoodMistakeCrazyThinkSexyYou

I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything.

Robin Quivers

LifeMy LifeEverythingGoingOff

A reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I don't have to count sheep. I count all the states I'm glad I'm not the governor of.

Mitch McConnell

SleepNightSheepYouTroubleCount

I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know that I was born in St. Louis, thinking I would be very proud to announce it to the public, they gave me the news first. I was then starring in the 'Folies Bergere.'

Josephine Baker

PeopleMeProudThinkingRemember

When I sing, I want people to think only about the tenor and only about the music.

Jose Carreras

MusicPeopleThinkWantSingOnly

I love the alchemy of cooking, the theatre of it. It's creating something.

Anthony Warlow

LoveCookingTheatreCreatingI Love

My upbringing has always been quite equal in terms of cultural influences. But it's unlikely that anything could prepare you for a job that involves belting out Proclaimers songs on camera, in Edinburgh and in public.

Antonia Thomas

JobCameraYouPrepareOutAnything

As you may know, I'm the co-founder and co-chairman of an asteroid company called Planetary Resources that is backed by a group of eight billionaires to implement the bold mission of extracting resources from near-Earth asteroids.

Peter Diamandis

MissionYouBoldKnowGroupCompany

We are all good at things - a varied assortment of things - and we all desperately need to find out what those things are for our self-esteem. If there is anything young people need, it is confidence and an identity and a purpose.

Renee Elise Goldsberry

GoodConfidencePurposeIdentity

I'm completely unlike a lot of other performers in the past who have been forgiven or come to terms with the real world because they tell everyone their performance is 'just a show.' And so, people say, 'Oh, it's OK then. We don't care. He's not really a bad person.' It's not just a show for me. It's my life.

Marilyn Manson

LifePastPeopleMeWorldCare

I love eating. I mean, I really, really love eating.

Martin Freeman

LoveEatingMeanReallyI Love

Anyone who has to write an obituary for me one day will probably say, 'She did absolute depths of agony really well.' I'm not, however, an unhappy person.

Lesley Manville

DayMeUnhappyPersonSayOne Day

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