Charles C. Mann Quotes

Seoul and Shanghai, Jaipur and Jakarta; shining skyscrapers, pricey hotels, traffic-jammed streets ablaze with neon - all were built atop a foundation of laboratory-bred rice.

Charles C. Mann

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When I design, I always pull from things that are significant to me. In my work, I search for happiness and then try to convey that joy in the clothes.

Jeremy Scott

WorkHappinessJoyMeSearchDesign

If there's one thing this team doesn't lack, it's competitiveness and a desire to win. No matter if we come off a win or come off a loss, it seems like we don't really care. We're always motivated to win.

Megan Rapinoe

TeamWinCareLossDesireMatter

I am willing to do business and I'm willing to play ball with anyone, for I am very open-minded.

Matt Hardy

BusinessI AmPlayOpen-MindedBall

I don't think Brexit is going to help people in Britain.

Angus Deaton

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I was really bored in school because I couldn't do what I wanted to do, which was act. And then when I was 14, a local TV company came to the youth theater, and they were auditioning kids to be in this new TV series.

Aneurin Barnard

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In one respect, I like the freedom of using all the people that I love instead of being dictated by the studio to use the hot person of the moment.

Amy Heckerling

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Fame made me develop a panic disorder.

Sia

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I love the village in my computer. There's little validation in the day-to-day life of a writer; sometimes we ache for a connection.

Lisa Unger

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I have this nook at Milk Bar that's my office, and my desk was just full of every box of Kellogg's cereal, and at different times during the day, I would open up a box, eat a bowl of cereal, and I live in a world of Post-it notes, so I would leave tasting notes on all the cereal.

Christina Tosi

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After leaving college, I was in a show called Sculpture by Women where I was asked to talk about my history of victimisation in art, and I genuinely didn't think I had been victimised. Although I obviously believe in a lot of the feminist aspirations, I was wary about being dragged down by the politics of it.

Cornelia Parker

WomenHistoryArtPoliticsCollege

In many previously classified documents relating to activities at the base, the words 'Area 51' are conveniently blacked out. There's always a euphemism for it - like 'the test facility' or 'the base' - but never 'Area 51.'

Annie Jacobsen

WordsTestNeverAlwaysOutLike

I like singing in harmony - I like not having to sing every song.

Susanna Hoffs

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