Alexander Chee Quotes

When you're writing historical fiction, you have to think a little farther into the situation: what the average social interactions were, what was acceptable behavior. What did people think was fun, what did they find unhappy, and why?

Alexander Chee

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FunPeopleWritingThinkBehavior

When I was a kid, it was a little bit exciting working with Peter Weir and Robin Williams, but that faded pretty quickly for me.

Robert Sean Leonard

MeKidLittlePrettyWorkingFaded

Banal words function as a feeble phenomena that fall into their own mental bogs of meaning.

Robert Smithson

WordsMeaningFallMentalOwnBanal

Do I consider myself sexy? It all depends on the way I'm feeling. When I'm happy inside, that's when I feel most sexy.

Anna Kournikova

MyselfHappySexyFeelFeelingWay

It's difficult for me to meet women because my crowd is much older. I know that for some of the young women I do meet, a relationship with me can be envisioned as a benefit to their career.

Michael Douglas

WomenRelationshipMeCareerMeet

The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction.

Mary Ann Mobley

HomeMeThinkingDoingRightTwo

It's the embrace of corn-based ethanol that has driven up all food prices. It's not making agriculture more sustainable.

Michael Pollan

FoodAgricultureEmbraceMoreUp

We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

HistoryGreatNightLessonWill

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Joseph Butler

BodyOfficeSameBeingChristMany

I had to force myself not to be overly protective because I had lost one child.

Diane Ladd

MyselfChildLostForceBecauseHad

I hit 'record' whenever I'm going through a really hard time. I don't listen to it for a couple of days, so I have some perspective. If it's too personal to share, and I feel like would alienate the listeners, then I usually don't share that stuff.

Sharon Van Etten

TimePerspectiveFeelPersonalHard

I am excited Sundial and Unilever have created this partnership, rooted in a purpose-driven ethos, that represents an incredible opportunity to take our Community Commerce economic empowerment and impact model to another level.

Richelieu Dennis

OpportunityCommunityI AmImpact

In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards.

Nicola Sturgeon

ChallengeBalanceGenderWantOwn

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