Alexander Chee Quotes

Historical fiction was not - and is not - meant to supplant literature from the period it describes. As a veteran of the Crimea, Tolstoy wrote 'War and Peace' to match his own internal sense of the truth of the Napoleonic wars, to dramatize what he felt literature from that period had failed to describe.

Alexander Chee

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Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It's about doing more good.

Jochen Zeitz

GoodDoingSustainabilityMoreHarm

Sometimes the only way to win is to die trying.

Joe Jonas

WinDieTryingSometimesWayOnly

There are all kinds of sexualities. There are all kinds of ways that people express their sexuality.

Jessica Capshaw

PeopleSexualityKindsWaysExpress

Our parents got divorced when I was 8 or 9.

Jennifer Todd

ParentsGotOurDivorced

I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart in both senses: elegant and clever.

Andrea Bocelli

ManSmartStupidCleverRealSenses

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

Stephen Malkmus

MissionWriteDesperateStuffChart

I kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I'm an idiot.

Steven Wright

BirthdayDayTiredIdiotBornDiary

Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be.

Robert Winston

ScienceEthicsMedicineThinkShould

I think one thing that helped the sound change, it's a real subtle thing; it's just one switch on my bass, it has three positions, and I usually boost the mid-range frequency, I lowered the frequency that I boost, and that goes out to the sound system, too.

Mike Gordon

ChangeThinkThreeSoundRealOut

If you look through the shelves of science books, you'll find row after row of books written by men. This can be terribly off-putting for women.

Lisa Randall

WomenScienceMenYouLookFind

It's funny - some producers ask me, 'Man, how do you work on a Bieber record? That would kill my career.' I can work on any record there is as long as they are good records and you're pushing things forward.

Diplo

WorkFunnyGoodManMeForward

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

Dolly Parton

SuccessDoorDreamSongsEveryEver

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