Chaka Fattah Quotes

Fifty million Americans have dementia and other brain illnesses. To gather together the minds that exist and see how we can tackle these ailments together, that is the work that is in front of us: to have a map of the human brain, an understanding of the roadways, and an understanding of the traffic on the roadways.

Chaka Fattah

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WorkTogetherBrainUnderstanding

Ballroom dancing is like being on Mars compared to what I've done throughout my life.

Joey McIntyre

LifeMy LifeDoneMarsDancingLike

If you want to make an impact, you need to invest your time every bit as much as your money. And you need to stay involved for the long run. If you can't look at a five-year horizon, you shouldn't get involved.

John Morgridge

TimeMoneyImpactHorizonYouLook

I think I was in 10th or 11th grade before I ever read a book for pleasure.

John Hickenlooper

BookThinkPleasureReadI Think

I went into a Beverly Hills shop to buy an attache case. They had 250 cases on their shelves. I asked an attractive saleswoman if they carried one made of belting leather. She said 'no.' That was the end of the conversation. She made no attempt to show me another case that would provide equal service. I didn't buy an attache case.

Stanley Marcus

ServiceMeEndConversationSaid

When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded, beatbox disco soared, indie rock took off, and new wave invented a language of teen angst.

Rob Sheffield

MusicTeenWorldEndLanguageWave

I've worked at a deli, I've worked construction, I've worked a few different jobs.

Josh Homme

ConstructionDifferentDeliFewJobs

My own style is pretty classic; I much prefer to design for others.

Colleen Atwood

StyleDesignMy OwnOthersClassic

My grandfather and his wife came to America at the end of the 19th century from Hungary. Everyone started out on the Lower East Side. They became embourgeoise and would move to the Upper West Side. Then, if they'd make money, they'd move to Park Avenue. Their kids would become artists and move down to the Lower East Side and the Village.

William Klein

MoneyWifeEndAmericaDownVillage

I had been an abject fan of Martin and Lewis when I was a kid. I just thought they were terribly funny. None of their movies captured the kind of chemistry they really had.

Peter Bogdanovich

FunnyThoughtMoviesKindChemistry

Ultimate success for a carbon tax would mean so complete a shift to renewable energy that the tax would stop raising much revenue at all.

Timothy Noah

SuccessEnergyStopTaxMeanShift

Is anything accidental?

Norman Spinrad

AnythingAccidental

United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony.

Richard Holbrooke

PeaceWorldTryingIronyOverBring

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