David Grann Quotes

You want the story to be about something, have some deeper meaning, but there is also an emotional, almost instinctual, element, which is, does this story seize some part of you and compel you to get to the bottom of it?

David Grann

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StoryMeaningYouWantSeizeBottom

Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.

Jesse Williams

ChildhoodImaginationAdolescenceBig

The goal for me is the Olympics. It's Sochi and doing my best there. And, you know, my best has the potential to be on the podium.

Jeremy Abbott

BestMePotentialDoingYouGoal

I love London in the rare parts of the year when it's quiet, and no time is more reliably quiet than the week between Christmas and New Year.

John Lanchester

LoveTimeWeekYearQuietNew

I am not able to think about this as a job, like work. It's 12 or 13 hours, but for me, it's not working.

Maurizio Sarri

WorkJobI AmMeThinkWorking

Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity.

Mercedes Ruehl

TimeIdentitySocietyNewDifficult

I don't really use Facebook, because I find it a bit intrusive on your personal life.

Tom Odell

LifeFindPersonalFacebookBecause

Progressives really do see America as guilty of crimes against humanity, and to them, our 'greatness' must be abandoned to atone for those crimes.

Tom Tancredo

GreatnessAmericaHumanityGuilty

It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light.

Roland Gift

LightBetterLongBurnHalfThan

Efficiency innovations arise in industries that already exist. They provide existing goods and services at much lower costs. They are not empowering. Efficiency innovators become the low cost providers within an existing framework.

Clayton M. Christensen

EfficiencyBecomeWithinCostLow

I've never been the person who's like, 'I've got to get a four-pack of abs!' And I'm not the type to go to the gym and run on the treadmill for 45 minutes and then lift weights.

Cobie Smulders

GymPersonGoLiftRunNever

My favorite special skill on my resume is 'excellent monkey noises.'

Ciara Renee

ResumeSkillMonkeySpecialFavorite

Science is telling us that we can do phenomenal things if we put our minds and our resources to it.

Anthony Fauci

ScienceMindsResourcesThingsUs

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