Alexander Chee Quotes

As of 2013, according to the World Health Organization, 35 million people were estimated to be living with HIV or AIDS globally, and 39 million have died from the disease. The epidemic of denial won, and now everyone knows there is money in the making of drugs for AIDS.

Alexander Chee

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HealthMoneyPeopleOrganizationNow

When I was growing up, I was so fascinated by Mel Blanc and all of the different voices that he did for 'Looney Tunes' and watching Robin Williams record voice-over for the genie in 'Aladdin.' It always seemed to be a major honor - something you have to earn. Like people trust you when they want to have you there without seeing you.

Jenny Slate

TrustPeopleGrowing UpHonorYou

I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their life, the more you can sympathize with them or even root for them.

John Hawkes

LifeThinkLearnYouDarkPerson

Too afraid of plagiarising someone, so I stopped reading fiction in 1981.

Robert Rankin

ReadingSomeoneAfraidFictionToo

Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform, or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value.

Anita Roddick

EducationHealthValueValuesNobody

I'm not in a position to tell anyone anything about how to live his or her life, but I think it's worth noting that no one can lie to us as effectively as we can lie to ourselves. We know exactly what to say! And I do think that women, even extremely smart women, can be very, very vulnerable to men.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

LifeWomenLiveMenLieSmart

I didn't go to film school; I studied fine art - I learned how to be a filmmaker on everybody else's money.

Steve Carr

ArtMoneySchoolGoFine ArtFilm

My parents own a restaurant in downtown Oakland - Garden House - and I started working there at 8. I'd work the cash register while people looked at me skeptically. Free child labor!

Su-chin Pak

WorkChildParentsPeopleMeFree

I think that young British designers have a kind of fearlessness in they way they approach fashion.

Monika Chiang

FashionThinkYoungKindWay

Telescopes and microscopes bring to our view the otherwise unseen and unknown.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

ViewUnknownBringUnseenOur

The minute they gave me number one, I went to the studio. I was ready to give y'all something else. I was going 120 miles an hour.

Desiigner

MeReadyMilesSomethingGoingGive

You have to use what you know to make a part real.

Chrissy Metz

YouKnowRealMakeUsePart

Well, I don't like the word 'rock star,' the two words, 'rock star.' Not even 'soft rock star. Not even limestone star. I don't like those words.

Chris Martin

WordsRock StarRockTwoStarWell

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