Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes

Something that's interesting is how my perspective on different events can change over time even though the events themselves haven't changed. As I get older, I interpret something differently, or I can even interpret a person differently.

Curtis Sittenfeld

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ChangeTimePerspectiveInteresting

Language is froth on the surface of thought.

John McCarthy

ThoughtLanguageSurface

If Darwin's theories are true, then we have within us the physical memory of when we were fish or apes.

Robert Lepage

MemoryFishTrueWithinUsPhysical

Some critics have challenged what the return on investment is for engagement in social media. Others have complained that the metrics don't exist to demonstrate value.

Simon Mainwaring

Social MediaValueMediaInvestment

Living involves making bold choices. You can't always know how they're going to turn out, and you can always play that game of wondering what might have been if you had made another decision.

Tom Kitt

DecisionGameChoicesYouBoldPlay

I served my country; I did that. I was in the C.I.A., and I served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I love this country with every part of my body, and I was willing to risk my body and my family for it. But I wake up in a country I don't understand anymore.

Tom King

FamilyLoveWake UpBodyCountryUp

This is the thing I've learned, after a lot of couch time: There are always red flags. You need to look for those red flags along the way so you don't continue to make the same mistakes with another person.

Michelle Pfeiffer

TimeMistakesRedYouLookPerson

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

Liv Tyler

BeautySolitudeStrangeOwnVery

I'm interested in helping secure the PC - we need innovation here. It's not just hug your PC, hate the iPhone. In fact I don't even hate the iPhone; I think it's really cool. I just don't want it to be the center of the ecosystem along with the Web 2.0 apps.

Jonathan Zittrain

InnovationHateCoolThinkHugWant

It happens very rarely that your ears perk up about a certain project.

Dominic Cooper

ProjectUpEarsYourHappensVery

I never stopped reading.

Doris Lessing

ReadingNeverStopped

I used to carry a bag of records down to my friend's house every Friday, and we'd sit down and play all the records I loved, and we'd look at the album covers.

Bonnie Tyler

FriendLovedFridayBagLookHouse

Nick Abraham and I had known each other from Ryerson University.

Ari Millen

UniversityOtherKnownAbrahamEach

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