David Grann Quotes

In Brazil, the history of the interaction between blancos and indios - whites and Indians - often reads like an extended epitaph. Tribes were wiped out by disease and massacres; languages and songs were obliterated.

David Grann

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HistoryInteractionOutBrazilSongs

I became a children's author by accident. As far as I'm concerned, I write for everybody.

Jerry Spinelli

ChildrenWriteAccidentFarI Write

Gap has always been about color, and we let a lot of competitors take that space from us.

Robert J. Fisher

SpaceColorAlwaysTakeUsBeen

You know, I thought we could use a good myth about technology to help guide us through these particular modern waters right now.

Jeff Bridges

GoodTechnologyThoughtHelpYou

No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious.

Merrill Markoe

OpportunitiesCountryBeingAgainst

I don't want to say never, but I hope I don't become that 'take me seriously now' guy.

Trey Parker

HopeMeSayWantSeriouslyBecome

So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.

Minoru Yamasaki

ArchitectureBuildingsTryConsistent

Heartbreak comes in different sizes, and the departure of an 18-year-old child for a far college has to be treated as a very benign form of the disease.

Jonathan Raban

ChildCollegeHeartbreakFarDisease

As a child, I lived through and survived the segregated South. I sat at the back of the bus at a time when America wasn't yet as great as it could be.

Donna Brazile

GreatTimeChildAmericaBackBus

My goal as a citizen is to do what I can to help the causes that I personally believe in.

Clint Howard

BelieveHelpGoalI CanCitizen

If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can.

Chuck Palahniuk

LifeLiveFunChanceShortYou

One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language.

Alma Guillermoprieto

SocietyLanguageTakeManyTakes

I love the collaborative process. Getting to meet new people and really building something with them is such a wonderful way to get to know someone.

Phillipa Soo

LovePeopleBuildingProcessSomeone

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