Margaret Atwood Quotes

Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can you avoid such a thing. In the center of an empire, you can think of your experience as universal. Outside the empire or on the fringes of the empire, you cannot.

Margaret Atwood

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HeartExperienceThinkYouCountry

You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever.

Merton Miller

HeroFinanceYouNeedForeverBig

I don't clean, I don't make the bed. I spend my salary. I worry a lot. I just don't worry about socks on the floor.

Amanda Peet

WorryBedSocksSalaryCleanFloor

Getting older has been a bonus for me. I feel lucky that parts are being written for someone my age and I am around to play them.

Siobhan Finneran

AgeGetting OlderI AmMeSomeone

I'm drawn to the taboos that surround the human body. I find it fascinating that we are repelled by many of the acts and processes that keep us alive.

Mary Roach

BodyFindAliveHumanHuman BodyUs

The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

Lorrie Fair

WorldSkillGamesLevelCupTribute

We must honor our country's tradition of openness and continue to welcome new immigrants.

Jose Serrano

WelcomeHonorTraditionImmigrants

Israel has been doing very well, but there are challenges the country faces, like poverty and social integration of the Orthodox, Arab, Beduin, and Ethiopian population, which will be essential for sustaining strong growth over time.

Jose Angel Gurria

GrowthTimeChallengesStrongDoing

I was raised in that generation where it was all 'Women can have it all!' and I don't think you can. I think something falls off the table. The good thing is that the things that stay on the table become so much more important.

Drew Barrymore

GoodWomenThinkGenerationYou

Does having a wife and kids change your act? Yes, but only in the best way. It gives you weight and authority. It also makes you closer to the audience because the audience is married and has kids.

Chris Rock

ChangeBestWifeYouAuthorityWay

My personal style is a mixture of, like, girly, throwback, like retro '50s pin-ups, floral, like hippies, like anything feminine, and like flirty.

Ariana Grande

StyleThrowbackPersonalAnything

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.

William Temple

HappenPrayCoincidences

I studied English in college and approached filmmaking from a writing background while trying to learn as much as I could about the technical side of things by making shorts and a webseries.

Susanna Fogel

CollegeWritingLearnTryingSide

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