David Grann Quotes

You think of the rainforest as this incredibly abundant place of fauna and animals and flora. This great, rich wilderness. And yet it is such a biological battlefield in which everything is competing.

David Grann

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GreatWildernessRichThinkYou

I was like a waitress that got a job once in a while, and then Stifler's mom happened, and everything changed.

Jennifer Coolidge

JobMomEverythingChangedHappened

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.

John le Carre

ConfidenceHistoryYouLoseSecrets

I love getting out on the streets and helping people.

Steven Seagal

LovePeopleOutStreetsHelping

My organization, my colleagues and I, are paid to run hotels in good times and fair times. We're professionals. That's what we do. I don't give a damn about the short-term market implications.

Steve Wynn

GoodGood TimesOrganizationRun

I usually wear only a bit of pink lippy, but for TV, they add a few extra lashes to brighten my eyes and some colour to my face, as without it, I look pale and uninteresting.

Mary Berry

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I'm as much of a human being as the rest of the world. But if I don't train, I don't win. If I don't focus, I don't win. So I don't have a choice: I just have to run.

Mo Farah

FocusWinWorldRestChoiceTrain

I am not in competition with my peers; I am in competition with myself.

Don Dokken

MyselfCompetitionI AmPeersAm

I'm always excited about stories that allow me to explore a character and create interesting stories and worlds that we haven't seen before.

Dee Rees

CharacterMeInterestingCreateSeen

I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life.

Bruce Oldfield

LifeFashionBlackSomeoneYouNew

I read the same amount of nonfiction and fiction.

Anne Lamott

SameFictionNonfictionReadAmount

You know what I like to do? I love waking up early, making them breakfast, taking them to school, having time in the morning with them. With six kids, it's like a reality show.

Allan Houston

LoveMorningTimeSchoolBreakfast

There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind.

Wole Soyinka

WishYouKindI WishKindsArtists

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